A beautifully illustrated picture book biography of Romare Bearden's childhood, from his early years in the South and his memories of home, to his love of trains and his journey north with his parents to Harlem as part of the Great Migration.

A great subject to diversify your art collection, as Bearden was of Cherokee and African American ancestry.

From illustrator Elizabeth Zunon's page: Elizabeth Zunon grew up in a hot, sunny, tropical country in West Africa called the Ivory Coast, where people speak French (and many other languages). Since her mother is American, she wanted to make sure that Elizabeth and her little brother could speak both French and English, so she read them a lot of bedtime stories in English after they came home from speaking French all day at school. As a little girl, Elizabeth loved to draw, paint, make up dances and play dress-up, and as she grew up, she didn't really change! Elizabeth went to art school in the United States and decided to focus on Children's Book Illustration. In school, she made a lot of paintings and books that were filled with images and memories of her childhood in the Ivory Coast. She still loves thinking about life there and drawing palm trees, tropical flowers, people in busy marketplaces, and days at the beach- especially since she now lives in Upstate New York, where it gets cold and snowy!

Author was a docent at San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art.