Alvin Ailey
Published on 5. September 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-7868-1077-2 (ISBN)
Description
"This markedly talented husband-and-wife team offers a warm profile of dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey . . . intertwining Ailey's alleged thoughts and conversations with facts about his childhood, his introduction to the world of dance . . . and his founding of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1958."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review. Full color.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Preschool, Reading Age: From 6 to 8 years, Interest Age: From 6 to 9 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Picture book
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7868-1077-2 (9780786810772)
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Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of nearly 50 books for young readers, among them The Red Pencil and A Poem for Peter, as well as several collaborations with her husband Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In and Hand in Hand, which received the Coretta Scott King Book Award.
Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor books, and he has written and illustrated several of his own books. Brian has received the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration and three Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor medals.
The Pinkneys have been named among the "25 Most Influential People in Our Children's Lives" by Children's Health magazine. They live in Brooklyn, New York.
Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor books, and he has written and illustrated several of his own books. Brian has received the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration and three Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor medals.
The Pinkneys have been named among the "25 Most Influential People in Our Children's Lives" by Children's Health magazine. They live in Brooklyn, New York.