Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina offers a fresh perspective of young men of color by depicting thirteen views of everyday life: young boys dressed in their Sunday best, running to catch a bus, and growing up to be teachers, and much more. Each of Tony Medina’s tanka is matched with a different artist& mdash; including recent Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award recipients.

The 13 illustrators whose artwork is shown in this great book are:

• Floyd Cooper
• Cozbi A. Cabrera
• Skip Hill
• Tiffany McKnight
• Robert Liu-Trujillo
• Keith Mallett
• Shawn K. Alexander
• Kesha Bruce
• Brianna McCarthy
• R. Gregory Christie
• Ekua Holmes
• Javaka Steptoe
• Chandra Cox