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lattelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
What a beautiful book! Told like a story that was passed down (which it was), this regales the trials and tribulations of the black folks who moved north and those who remained south. Accompanied by a multitude of mimetic pictures, this book makes for a powerful story and learning experience. I wasn't aware of the great migration prior to reading this, so this book certainly does its job of relating these facts in a way that is both beautiful and interesting! Great for kids grades 2-4.
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lofimichelleeo's review
4.0
Lawrence's "Migration of the Negro" narrative series put into picture book format. Would be awesome for an elementary school classroom.
crystal_reading's review against another edition
5.0
I was excited to find this on my library shelf. I started reading and realized that this is the artist featured in the book Jake Makes a World, that I just read last week.
He shares the story of the Great Migration through his series of paintings that he started in 1940 when he was 22. The paintings paired with simple and moving text tell the story of African Americans migrating north in the early 1900s.
He shares the story of the Great Migration through his series of paintings that he started in 1940 when he was 22. The paintings paired with simple and moving text tell the story of African Americans migrating north in the early 1900s.
backonthealex's review against another edition
5.0
A few years ago, the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) has an exhibit called "One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North." It was the first time that all 60 paintings by Lawrence were shown together, as they should be, in over 20 years. The small paintings, done in tempura or gesso on composition board, and originally called "The Migration of the Negro," tell a formidable story when looked at sequentially, and I have to say it was one of the most powerful exhibits I have ever seen.
All 60 of Lawrence's paintings have been reproduced in this picture book for young readers, accompanied by his text telling the story of the great migration. Lawrence, whose family had migrated north as part of the migration, worked on the paintings from 1940 to 1941 at the age of 22, painting the panels all at once, so that the color palette would be the same throughout the series (and, it is). The images are done in a folk art style, but there is nothing simple about them. Although the book loses some of the textural greatness of the paintings, they are still a moving testament to this unique African American experience. The book closes with a fitting poem called "Migration"by Walter Dean Myers.
All 60 of Lawrence's paintings have been reproduced in this picture book for young readers, accompanied by his text telling the story of the great migration. Lawrence, whose family had migrated north as part of the migration, worked on the paintings from 1940 to 1941 at the age of 22, painting the panels all at once, so that the color palette would be the same throughout the series (and, it is). The images are done in a folk art style, but there is nothing simple about them. Although the book loses some of the textural greatness of the paintings, they are still a moving testament to this unique African American experience. The book closes with a fitting poem called "Migration"by Walter Dean Myers.
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