Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem: A Picture Book - Hardcover

by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts (Author), Christopher Myers (Illustrator)

"Inspired by the childhood of the artist Jacob Lawrence in 1930s Harlem"--Front jacket flap.

Author Biography

Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts is an award-winning writer and historian whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper's, Vogue, and Essence, among other publications. Originally from Houston, she graduated from Harvard and was a Fulbright Scholar. She lives in New York City. Christopher Myers is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books, notably Harlem and Black Cat, which won the Coretta Scott King Award. He lives in New York City.