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Bryan Collier (1) (1967–)

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Værker af Bryan Collier

Uptown (2000) 483 eksemplarer
All Because You Matter (2020) — Illustrator — 410 eksemplarer
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (2013) 349 eksemplarer
It's Shoe Time! (2017) 216 eksemplarer
We Shall Overcome (2021) 95 eksemplarer
Music Is a Rainbow (2022) 24 eksemplarer

Associated Works

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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave (2010) — Illustrator — 879 eksemplarer
City Shapes (2016) — Illustrator — 422 eksemplarer
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington (2012) — Illustrator — 258 eksemplarer
Visiting Langston (2002) — Illustrator — 218 eksemplarer
America the Beautiful: Together We Stand (2013) — Illustrator — 165 eksemplarer
Hey Black Child (2017) — Illustrator — 142 eksemplarer
Doo-Wop Pop (2008) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver44 eksemplarer

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Fødselsdato
1967-01-31
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Uddannelse
Pratt Institute (BFA)

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This is an emotionally resonant book about a boy who loses his father. The reader doesn't know how the boy loses his father. Maybe he died, maybe he went to prison (as the author's father did), or maybe he was forced to leave his family for some other reason. He says, "I'm sorry I will not be coming home," so we can assume it's not a deployment or temporary disruption. But he does write his son a letter encouraging him to be good and be himself, despite the absence of the father. A truly bittersweet story about the love of a parent who's not there.… (mere)
 
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LibrarianDest | 82 andre anmeldelser | Jan 3, 2024 |
This was a nice book, but noting stood out, I have heard this story before.
 
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DebbyTaufernerVa3492 | 15 andre anmeldelser | Jul 2, 2023 |
Another prediction is this book is winning a LOT of awards at ALA Midwinter. It's going to be something with the Coretta Scott King awards. But it could possibly be a contender for Newbery or Caldecott.

Collier's illustrations are great. In his words "I started with the shape of a single flower to build a blossoming effect in all backgrounds.....faces appear on those petals, representing the voices of ancestors chanting 'you matter.'" What a story, am I right?

My biggest concern is this book will be awarded partly for its merit....but also because of the hot button issues it talks about. As an author or an illustrator, I would always wonder about my award's validity.

Still, this is an excellent starting point to talk about race across ALL races and creeds. Because face it ALL do matter!
… (mere)
 
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msgabbythelibrarian | 15 andre anmeldelser | Jun 11, 2023 |
This moving story by multiple-award winning author and illustrator Bryan Collier is about a young boy and how he finds joy in the face of life’s storms. Collier said in an Author’s Note that it was inspired by the life of Quincy Jones, the Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken,” and the artist Maya Angelou.

The young African American boy in the story adores his father, but his father is away a lot, off working. He also loves his mother, but she falls ill, and “has to go away for a while.” [When Quincy Jones was young, his mother had a schizophrenic breakdown and was sent to a mental institution.] In the book, the boy’s father would often say to him:

“Son, life is full of holes. You may want to close them up to keep out the storm. But make sure to leave room for that rainbow to find you. Broken is beautiful.”

The boy felt so alone, and the friends he made got him into trouble. But on occasions when the boy heard music, it appeared like the colors of the rainbow to him, and allowed him to relax, and to dream:

“And the music was love. Love like Daddy’s hugs and Momma’s kisses on his forehead.”

One day, when he and his trouble-making friends broke into the rec center, he found a room with a piano. He started to play, and the ability to relax and dream came back to him. And he remembered what his father told him about looking for a rainbow in the dark spaces. He could go the rec center and play whenever he needed to find peace and happiness.

Collier concludes with: “The rainbow had found him. And then that feeling lasted forever.” He adds: “Even if a story starts out so sad that you’ll want to cry a river wetter than tears, God always puts a rainbow in the clouds.”

Collier's artwork was done using watercolors and collage on canvas.

Evaluation: As usual, Collier’s rich illustrations add volumes to the written text through the facial expressions and movement of the characters, with music always shown as a rainbow. Readers aged 5 and over will see that loneliness and negative peer pressure can be overcome by finding an inner light and making choices that illuminate it.
… (mere)
 
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nbmars | May 25, 2023 |

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Popularitet
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ISBN
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