Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to turn into books and kites and toy and art. Even as a solder in the segregated Army on the beaches of Normandy, he sketched -- keeping charcoal crayons and paper in his gasmask to draw with during lulls. Even as a talented, visionary art student who was accepted and then turned ...
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Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to turn into books and kites and toy and art. Even as a solder in the segregated Army on the beaches of Normandy, he sketched -- keeping charcoal crayons and paper in his gasmask to draw with during lulls. Even as a talented, visionary art student who was accepted and then turned away from college upon arrival, the school telling Ashley that to give a scholarship to an African American student would be a waste, he painted -- continuing to create art when he could have been discouraged, continuing to polish his talents when his spirit should have been beaten. Ashley went on to become a Hans Christian Anderson Award nominee, a May Hill Arbuthnot lecturer, and a multiple Coretta Scott King award winner. As you might imagine, his story is powerful, bursting with his creative energy, and a testament to believing in oneself. It's a book every child in America should have access to and it does what the very best autobiographies do; it inspires!
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Add this copy of Words to My Life's Song to cart. $2.14, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Signed By Author Slight shelfwear to dust jacket. Signed by Ashley Bryan on proprietary sticker on endpaper. Nice, clean, tight, unmarked copy.
Add this copy of Words to My Life's Song to cart. $35.00, like new condition, Sold by Longhouse, Pub. & Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West Brattleboro, VT, UNITED STATES, published by Atheneum, 2009.
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SIGNED. Fine and bright decorative boards in like glossy dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Quite attractive all around. With photographs, text and art work by the author. Fully signed by the author on his personal bookplate to the opening flyleaf.
