COLLIER's+Books+2

These are just the few books I chose to represent the Illustrator, Bryan Collier . 1) Author:  Bryan Collier  Title:  //** Uptown **//  Illustrator:  Bryan Collier  Copyright: 2000, Henry Holt and Company: New York  Genre:  Picture Book  Synopsis: Very Kool tour of //** Harlem **// with some of the icons and cultural aspects that make Harlem unique. Uptown is Chicken & Waffles, The Apollo, The Rucker Tournament, Sunset over the Hudson, Brownstones, and ** JAZZ **!! Very colorful exploration of "Uptown!"  Target Audience: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Kindergarten to Fourth Grade <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Reading Level: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Beginning to Independent



<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">2) <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Author: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Willie Perdomo <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Title: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">//**Visiting Langsto****n**// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Illustrator: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Bryan Collier <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Copyright: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">2002, Henry Holt and Company: New York <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Genre: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Picture Book/Biographical <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Synopsis: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Young girl goes with her Daddy to visit "** Langston's House **." As she is in the "brownstone" (or is she) she imagines some of the things that Hughes did for writing his poetry in his home. ** She too is writes poetry **, "Just like** Langston Hughes **." You wonder if she is completely imagining her trip before she goes or reminiscing after her visit?? <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Target Audience: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Elementary up to Fifth Grade <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Reading Level: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Independent Readers

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3) <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Author: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Nikki Giovanni <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Illustrator: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Bryan Collier <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Title: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">//**Rosa**// <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Copyright: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">2005, Henry Holt and Company: New York <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Genre: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Picture Book/Biography <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Synopsis: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Powerful illustrations evoke a time at the inception of the ** Civil Rights ** era and give the student a glimpse of an individual, her impact, and an important era in American History. ** Rosa Parks ** was just an ordinary "9 to 5" citizen who refused to give into what was WRONG! Includes the "//** Women's Movement **//" ** NOT ** to ride buses, a bit of Martin, and a huge March <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Author's Note <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> "Rosa Parks is: a cooling breeze on a sweltering day; a sun-dried quilt in fall; the enchantment of snowflakes extending the horizon; the promise of renewal at spring!" "It is an honor and a responsibility to explore the bravery of her acceptance of history's challenge." <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Target Audience: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Fourth Grade to early Middle School <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Reading Level: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Seventh grade reading level.

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> 4) <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Author: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Doreen Rappaport <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Title: //** Martin's BIG Words: The Life of Dr. Maring Luther King, Jr. **// Illustrator: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Bryan Collier <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Copright: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">2001, Hyperion Books for Children: New York <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Genre: Picture Books/Biographical Synopsis: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">The use of __//** WORDS **//__, not violence is the true theme of this wonderful depiction of <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">//**Martin Luther King, Jr.**// <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> from childhood to Minister (like his Father), to Civil Rights leader, to his death. A touch of Rosa Parks, marches, and fantastic illustrations with <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> //**stained-glass-window**// <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> affects. <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Target Audience: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Second grade to Sixth grade <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Reading Level: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Fourth grade reading level



<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">5) <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Author: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Doreen Rappaport <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Title: //** John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon **// Illustrator: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Bryan Collier <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Copyright: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">2004, Hyperion Books for Children: New York <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Genre: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Picture Book/Biographical <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Synopsis: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">A true tribute to //** John Lennon's **// life from his childhood as an introduction of this artist to a new generation. Includes some of his ** writings **, ** poetry **, and **song lyrics** that are set in a "**free-verse**" format mixed with huge, dynamic, illustrations. John kept his secrets to himself as a youngster since relatives were too conventional. He __//** ALWAYS **//__ wanted to be a //** poet **//, an //**artist**//, and/or a //**guitarist**//! What a talented Genius!! ​ <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Illustrators Note <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">: <span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">"Creating the art for this book has been the greatest challenge of my career...John Lennon's life inspired me to create my art in a painterly way I never had used before. It forced me to consider structure, anatomy, and organic movement - to illustrate thoughts and dreams. <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">" Target Audience: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Fourth grade to Ninth grade <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;"> Reading Level: <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">Fifth grade reading level

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