Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem

Description

Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem
by Gary Golio

ISBN: 9781662680557
Hardcover, new

Brief Description:
A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2024 A child of the Harlem
Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava
is an unsung hero of Black history. Convinced that the lives of ordinary
Black people deserved to be immortalized and documented in photos, Roy
celebrated Black people through his art, a process that the incomparable
author Gary Golio and illustrator E. B. Lewis capture in this beautiful
picture book. “Life is how you look at it.” And for Black photographer Roy
DeCarava, life in his neighborhood was beautiful. Follow Roy through 1940s
Harlem, as he takes out his camera, pops in a roll of film, and opens his
eyes to the beauty all around him. There’s a little boy drawing on the
sidewalk with chalk. SNAP! A young man at the bus stop with a baby in his
arms. SNAP! Kids playing in an open fire hydrant. SNAP! Looking at them
all, Roy sees beauty everywhere in Harlem, and so do the people who look at
his photos. This deeply researched picture book also includes additional
information on DeCarava, a list of places to view his photos, a
bibliography, and photos.

Target Age Group: Ages 7 to 10, Grades 2 to 5