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Harvey, Jeanne Walker

My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey

40 pp. | Cavendish | September, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7614-5810-4 $17.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon. Present-tense rhymes ostensibly voiced by African American artist Bearden describe his childhood move from North Carolina to Harlem, where his past informed what would become his celebrated collage art. The rhymes, which an author's note says reflects Bearden's love of blues and jazz, don't sound kidlike; the oil and collage art, which also salutes Bearden, tells his story better. Reading list, websites.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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