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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

Author/Illustrator: Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet
Ages 3-6 and Ages 6-9
Published January 8, 2013
$ 1999 USD

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A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book

Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award

An ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book

Winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

As a child in the late 1800s, Horace Pippin loved to draw:

He loved the feel of the charcoal as it slid across the floor. He loved looking at something in the room and making it come alive again in front of him.

He drew pictures for his sisters, his classmates, his co-workers. Even during W.W.I, Horace filled his notebooks with drawings from the trenches . . . until he was shot. Upon his return home, Horace couldn't lift his right arm, and couldn't make any art. Slowly, with lots of practice, he regained use of his arm, until once again, he was able to paint--and paint, and paint! Soon, people—including the famous painter N. C. Wyeth—started noticing Horace's art, and before long, his paintings were displayed in galleries and museums across the country.

Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet team up once again to share this inspiring story of a self-taught painter from humble beginnings who despite many obstacles, was ultimately able to do what he loved, and be recognized for who he was: an artist.

AWARDS

• Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice winner

• Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year winner

• School Library Journal Best Book of the Year winner

• Orbis Pictus Non-Fiction Award winner

• Parents' Choice Gold Award winner

• Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book winner

• Schneider Family Book Award winner

• 2015 Georgia Children's Book Award short-listed

• 2013 New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing winner

• 2014 Orbis Pictus Non-Fiction Award winner

• 2015 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award short-listed

• 2014 Schneider Family Book Award winner

• 2014 Virginia Capitol Choices Award List short-listed

• 2015 Georgia Children's Book Award

• 2015 Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award

• 2014 Virginia Capitol Choices Award List

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