| Silent Days, Silent Dreams Contributor(s): Say, Allen (Author), Say, Allen (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0545927617 ISBN-13: 9780545927611 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Biographical - General - Juvenile Fiction | Art - Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2017017323 |
| Lexile Measure: 790 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.5" W x 10.8" (1.19 lbs) 64 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 193556 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say brings his lavish illustrations and hybrid narrative and artistic styles to the story of artist James Castle.James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho. He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. He didn't walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major museums throughout the world. The Philadelphia Museum of Art opened James Castle: A Retrospective in 2008. The 2013 Venice Biennale included eleven works by Castle in the feature exhibition The Encyclopedic Palace. And his reputation continues to grow.Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say, author of the acclaimed memoir Drawing from Memory, takes readers through an imagined look at Castle's childhood, allows them to experience his emergence as an artist despite the overwhelming difficulties he faced, and ultimately reveals the triumphs that he would go on to achieve. |