Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
Named to the Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year for 2020
20th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards "Must Reads" A Must-Read Picture Book
CYBILS Award short list
When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, fifteen-year-old Dan French had no way to know that one day his tribute to the great president would transform a plot of Washington, DC marshland into America's gathering place. He did not even know that a sculptor was something to be. He only knew that he liked making things with his hands.
Brief description:
Shawn Fields studied art at the School of Visual Arts, the Arts Student's League, and the New York Academy of Art. His work has been exhibited at ArtBasel Miami, Forbes Gallery NYC, Arcadia NYC, and is collected worldwide.
Review Quotes:
Booklist Starred Review
The book's broad pages offer plenty of space for the lucid main text and lively illustrations, which work together well. The writing features vignettes such as a memorable account of a turnip-carving experience that revealed French's aptitude for sculpture as well as an informative account of the Lincoln Memorial project, its central statue, and its place in American life.Strong, graceful, and expressive, Fields' artwork captures the period setting while making even unnamed people look like individuals. Though color is used here and there, most of the illustrations are large, beautiful crosshatched pen-and-ink drawings in black and white. Appended information, notes, and photos conclude this engaging tribute to French and the Lincoln Memorial.
--Carolyn Phelan "Booklist" (9/15/2019 12:00:00 AM)
