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pagesofpins's review against another edition
4.0
I wish the type was a bit larger, but the story and the artists' exploration of colors within colors is lovely.
heisereads's review against another edition
5.0
A beautiful biographical picture book of an artist who paved the way celebrating & honoring the beauty of Black skin that shines through the illustrations in this work.
abigailbat's review against another edition
This is a rich biography of an African American artist and I especially appreciated all the shades of brown used in the illustrations of the book.
lara_lleverino's review against another edition
3.0
Excellent story was not a fan of the illustrations.
bookdragon_library's review against another edition
5.0
This would be a beautiful non-fiction complement to the fiction book “Black as a Rainbow Color” or “Sulwe” to have a discussion about different colors of skin. I absolutely love the description of all the different colors of brown and how she combines colors to paint skin tones in her portraits. The illustrations are beautiful and it is such a great story and an amazing addition to artist biographies as well as paint color mixing and portraits. Laura grew up in the late 19th century and early 20th Century and was one of the first female Black artists of distinction painting many portraits of famous African Americans and others. The only thing I don’t like about the book itself is the cloth binding on the spine because I feel like that won’t hold up very well in a library with lots of checkouts and this is a book I want to last for a very long time.
#ownvoices illustrator, white author.
#ownvoices illustrator, white author.
erine's review against another edition
4.0
I am loving the trend of picture book biographies about lesser-known people. Each one is a reminder of everything I do not yet know. I am also reminded that the well-known people from history have been chosen, publicized, and popularized, but are not necessarily more worthy of reknown.
This portrayal of a young artist from Connecticut focuses mostly on Waring's artistic journey. From an artistic perspective, the lack of African-American portraits and painters played a big role in Waring's journey. Otherwise neither racism nor sexism play a big role in this story, except a casual mention of segregation.
Reproductions of some of Waring's work are included, as is a timeline of her life.
This portrayal of a young artist from Connecticut focuses mostly on Waring's artistic journey. From an artistic perspective, the lack of African-American portraits and painters played a big role in Waring's journey. Otherwise neither racism nor sexism play a big role in this story, except a casual mention of segregation.
Reproductions of some of Waring's work are included, as is a timeline of her life.
readingismagical's review against another edition
5.0
This picture book for ages 7-11 is stunning. It's about the Black female painter Laura Wheeler Waring who isn't well known but really should be. She started painting friends and family as a young girl, wanting to showcase people who looked like her and her siblings and hoped to have her paintings in museums. She studied in Paris and was commissioned to paint a ton of important, influential African-American people like WEB DuBois and opera singer Marian Anderson during the Harlem Renaissance. The artwork (all paintings!) in the book is gorgeous. I can't recommend this book enough. It's a great book for art lovers of all ages and for anyone who wants to learn more about an African-American woman who achieved her dreams.