Henry Ossawa Tanner

Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing Inc

This is the story of a small African American boy who followed his dream and became one of America's most important painters, recognized and praised in both America and Europe. When he was just thirteen years old, Henry ran across a man painting in a Philadelphia park. Inspired to paint himself, Henry was given enough money to buy some brushes and pigments by his mother--and so his adventure began.  Henry Ossawa Tanner was no ordinary young man. He was born in 1859, just two years before the Civil War began. His middle name, Ossawa, was taken from the town of Osawatomie in Kansas, the site of an anti-slavery raid. The oldest of seven children, Henry graduated from one of the few secondary schools for Black people in Philadelphia before studying under Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Later he went to France, where he had heard Black artists were accepted without prejudice. Indeed, not only were his paintings exhibited every year in the Paris Salon but in 1923, he was made a chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honor, France's highest award for an artist.  Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dreams Come True is Faith Ringgold's fifteenth book for children. Her illustrations capture all the joy and passion of her previous stories--including Tar Beach, which has won more than thirty awards, including a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award.

About Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold, artist and author lives and works in Englewood, New Jersey. Ringgold's art has been exhibited worldwide. She has written and illustrated fourteen children's books including, Tar Beach which has won more than 30 awards including a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award.

detail

Binding EAN ISBN-10 Pub Date PAGES Language Size Price
Hardcover 9781593730925 1593730926 2011-11-16 32 English 0.00 x 10.26 x 7.30 in $17.50
E-Book 9781593731328 1593731329 2011-11-16 0 English 0.00 x 0.00 x 0.00 in $12.50

Publicity

Connect

Multimedia

Contributor Platforms

Recent Press

Promo Quotes

Events

Book Signings and Tour Cities

An Affectionate Farewell: The Story of Old Abe and Old Bob

An Affectionate Farewell: The Story of Old Abe and Old Bob

by Krisher, Trudy

Old Bob was old Abe's horse and he was loyal and the manes of both horse and master blew haphazardly this way and that as their way across the prairies long before Old Abe became the most important President America ever had...

read more
The Thinkies

The Thinkies

by Casati, Roberto

In these stories for children you will meet the Thinkies, characters that take philosophy so seriously (and the sense of wonder that comes with it), so very seriously that they make everything appear fun and poetic at the same time.   Their world is full of small surprises that make them smile first – and then ponder.   There's Mrs. Boom and Mr. Beem who wonder why they can't find things...

read more
Orangutan Houdini

Orangutan Houdini

by Neme, Laurel

This is the true story of Fu Manchu, an adult male orangutan, who relishes outsmarting his friend, zookeeper Jerry Stones. He does just that when he escapes his enclosure at will and spends sunny days with the elephants in another part of the zoo. At first Jerry believes his staff's carelessness allowed the crafty ape to get out...

read more
The Great Human Journey

The Great Human Journey

by Tattersall, Ian

Wallace and Darwin, the Museum Mice from the Halls of the American Museum of Natural History, are off on another adventure! It's amazing what you can find in a museum and how far you can travel in a small time machine made from a yoghurt cup! Have you ever wondered where we humans all came from and how there came to be so many of us? The answers, as our two mice will show you, lie everywhere...

read more
The Summer of Cecily

The Summer of Cecily

by Lincoln, Nan

Have you ever read a book and wished it was your story? The Summer of Cecily is that kind of book. Magically, Nan Lincoln makes her six-week adventure raising an abandoned seal pup feel like your story, too...

read more
Disney- Looking at Paintings

Disney- Looking at Paintings

by Langmuir, Erika

Explore the Mona Lisa's smile, Titian's noises, Duccio's artistic omelet, a Jackson Pollock splash, a king's portrait, an entire battle, saints and sinners, knights and peasants, motorcars and animals; and paintings on every conceivable surface -- walls, wood panels, cloth, glass, metal, bark, and leather...

read more
Cousin John

Cousin John

by Paine, Walter

Walter Paine's Cousin John: the Story of a Boy and a Small Smart Pig takes young readers to a time when dogs roamed unleashed and ice was delivered in blocks by beefy men with iron tongs. Bert Dodson's charming illustrations bring the bygone era to life and highlight key points in the story. Due to be published in September 2006, an advance review copy is enclosed for your consideration...

read more
Brain

Brain

by DeSalle, Rob

Brain: A 21st Century Look at a 400 Million Year Old Organ (Bunker Hill Publishing; available: October 2010) is the companion volume to the highly acclaimed Bones, Brains and DNA, and is based on a new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History that opens November 3rd, 2010...

read more
Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner

by Ringgold, Faith

This is the story of a small African American boy who followed his dream and became one of America's most important painters, recognized and praised in both America and Europe. When he was just thirteen years old, Henry ran across a man painting in a Philadelphia park...

read more

Similar Titles

  • The Thinkies
  • Orangutan Houdini
  • The Great Human Journey
  • The Summer of Cecily
  • Disney- Looking at Paintings
  • Cousin John
  • Brain
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner
  • An Affectionate Farewell: The Story of Old Abe and Old Bob