{"product_id":"everywhere-beauty-is-harlem-isbn-9781662680557","title":"Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book\u003cbr\u003eA Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Kirkus Best Picture Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Kirkus Best Picture Book Biography\u003cbr\u003eCCBC Choices 2025\u003cbr\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2024\u003cbr\u003eThe New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2024 (Top 10)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e★\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e★\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e★\u003ci\u003e Shelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e★\u003ci\u003e The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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. \u003ci\u003eSNAP!\u003c\/i\u003e A young man at the bus stop with a baby in his arms. \u003ci\u003eSNAP!\u003c\/i\u003e Kids playing in an open fire hydrant. \u003ci\u003eSNAP!\u003c\/i\u003e Looking at them all, Roy sees beauty everywhere in Harlem, and so do the people who look at his photos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis deeply researched picture book also includes additional information on DeCarava, a list of places to view his photos, a bibliography, and photos.\u003cb\u003eA Bank Street Best Book 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"With skillful use of line, light, and depth, Lewis transports readers and conveys the vision of an artist honoring the city he loves. Golio’s understated text makes judicious use of profound quotes from DeCarava himself on beauty and truth. Present-tense narration carries the energy of a vibrant neighborhood as seen through the attentive eyes of a brilliant visionary, while artistic details connote the period-specific portrait DeCarava drew of mid-20th-century Harlem. This memorable offering is one readers will return to for moments of inspiration.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e★ \"In an image-centered picture book that summons the senses, the creators navigate Harlem through the lens of photographer Roy DeCarava (1919–2009)...DeCarava captures it all—and so too do Golio and Lewis—in this luminous tribute.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e★ \"[A]n artful picture book that is a loving snapshot of photographer Roy DeCarava...Golio has penned an elegant ode to a notable photographer, filling his narrative with sensory details and enriching it with quotations from Roy himself. Lewis's stunning watercolor art showcases the people and the neighborhood, offering a variety of perspectives to reflect the vision and work of DeCarava.\"\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e★ \"This joyful, exuberant picture book biography of Roy DeCarava does exactly what he strove to do through his photography: capture the beauty of Harlem...The text is quiet and brief, relying heavily on quotes from DeCarava himself and trusting the art to tell most of the story. And it does so with ease, as Lewis’ exceptional watercolors bring a celebratory vibe, evoking the permanence and intangibility of catching single instances using a medium that is inherently fragile. Much like a photo, each page is a fully realized artistic vision of a moment in a world that moves on just beyond the borders of what can be seen...An inspired audience will certainly go online to find DeCarava’s exceptional photography, and it is to Golio and Lewis’ significant credit that young readers can see more nuance and wonder in those photos having been given the context this book provides.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003estarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A spare, poetic text emphasizes his love for the neighborhood where [DeCarava] grew up, which was the subject of his long, prolific career...watercolors create a fluid, dreamy world where DeCarava could quietly snap away while walking the streets of Harlem on a warm, sunny afternoon. The pictures portray a neighborhood in motion, oblivious to the artist who spent a lifetime reflecting the vibrancy of a place and people.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lewis gives a selection of DeCarava's subjects, such as a close-up of a crushed can, longer views of Harlem street scenes, and an isolated figure in wedding whites, original treatments that focus more on atmosphere than documentation and so make suitable companions for Golio’s impressionistic profile... the author captures both his titular theme and his subject’s sensibility in well-chosen direct quotes, and along with adding a brief overview of DeCarava’s career, closes by urging readers to 'look slowly,' as he did, to discover 'what you love where you live.'\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Veteran creators and collaborators Golio and Lewis... spotlight the experience and perspective of Harlem artist Roy DeCarava.... Golio’s prose is swift... (and) each element of this book is beautiful and skillfully executed... (a) love letter to an incredible artist.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA visual artist, musician, and psychotherapist, Gary Golio is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling picture book \u003ci\u003eJimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the 2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. His other books, most of which profile important artists, include \u003ci\u003eWhen Bob Met Woody\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eSonny Rollins Plays the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e. Visit garygolio.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe recipient of a Caldecott Honor and an Orbis Pictus Award, along with many others, E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than seventy books for children. His Calkins Creek titles include \u003ci\u003eSeeking Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e by Selene Castrovilla and \u003ci\u003eLizzie Demands a Seat\u003c\/i\u003e by Beth Anderson, which won Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in fiction, along with many other honors. He is also illustrating the forthcoming book \u003ci\u003eInvincible\u003c\/i\u003e by Wade Hudson.","brand":"Calkins Creek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301587833061,"sku":"NP9781662680557","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781662680557.jpg?v=1767726500","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/everywhere-beauty-is-harlem-isbn-9781662680557","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}