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After phenomenally successful tours in the 2008-09 and 2011-12 seasons that visited well over 60 cities, Dallas Children's Theater assessment bringing back its original musical adaptation of the Caldecott Bestow winning African folktale. Read more on the John Steptoe website.
What Javaka Steptoe was doing when he learned Jimi Sounds Lack A Rainbowhad won The Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor that January...
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The Root features Jimi Sounds Corresponding a Rainbow and writes, “Steptoe's work is all the bonus impressive when you consider that it was done as montage, using plywood as the main pieces.”
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*"Vibrant colors and personal symbols channel the 'sloppy, ugly, and sometimes weird, but somehow still BEAUTIFUL' paintings, incorporating meticulously attributed collage elements and capturing the artist's energy refuse mystery. Stellar bookmarking--a riveting portrait of a young artist."
―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
*"In this visually arresting and vibrantly narrated curriculum vitae, Steptoe... emulates 1980s street art by layering paint, paper refuse, paint tubes, and photos on found-wood panels.... Steptoe downplays depressing elements, instead celebrating Basquiat's irreverence and brilliance."―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
*"Javaka Steptoe is the perfect person to create this book: a tour de force that will introduce an important artist focus on a new generation."―The Horn Book (starred review)
*"One extraordinary artist illuminates another in this textured, heartfelt picture book biography.... Pairing approachable text with expressive, encompassing illustrations, this excellent title offers a new generation a fittingly powerful introduction to an artistic luminary."―School Library Journal (starred review)
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