Ashley Bryan
Author
Publisher
Audio Bookshelf,LLC
Language
English
Description
Ashley Bryan travels from coast to coast speaking and performing and is an award-winning author and illustrator. He turned 80 years old in 2003 and lives on an island off the coast of Maine.
Take a front row seat for Ashley Bryan’s performance of:
Author
Language
English
Description
From celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army during World War II, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him.
In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army.
He endured the terrible lies white officers told about...
10) Sail away
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A colorful collection of Langston Hughes's poems of ocean and water.
11) I am loved
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Hand-selected by Newbery honoree Ashley Bryan, he has, with his masterful flourish of color, shape, and movement, added a visual layering that drums the most important message of all to young, old, parent, child, grandparent, and friend alike: You are loved. You are loved. You are loved. As a bonus, one page is mirrored, so children reading the book can see exactly who is loved--themselves!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The words of the well-known hymn reflect God's creation of animals, flowers, mountains, sun, rivers, humans, and the ability to enjoy all that he made.
This hymn is put in story form; a timeless ode to nature calls everyone to celebrate the wonders of life, great and small, seen and unseen.
Publisher
Twin Seas Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ashley Bryan is a 94-year-old creative wonder who skips and jumps in his heart like a child. He served in a World War II all-Black battalion and experienced the D-Day and the racism of a segregated Army. As a result he dedicated his life to creating beauty and joy, spreading love and awe through his art. He's a poet/illustrator of over 50 award-winning children's books, former professor at Dartmouth College, and maker of magical puppets and sea glass...
Author
Language
English
Description
Starting with Lucy Terry of the early eighteenth century and finishing with poet laureate Rita Dove, this inspiring anthology edited by Catherine Clinton captures the enormous talent and passion of black poets. Powerful and diverse, I, Too, Sing America is a forum for voices baring their souls, speaking their minds, tracing their roots and proclaiming their dreams. Each of the twenty-five poets is introduced with a brief biography and poetry notes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Imagine being looked up and down and being valued as less than a chair. Less than an ox. Less than a dress. Maybe about the same as a lantern. You're an object-an object to be sold. Inspired by the actual will of a plantation owner that listed the worth of each and every one of his workers, Ashley Bryan uses original documents from slave auctions and plantation estates to create moving and powerful poetry and illustrations that contrast the monetary...