The people's painter : how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art
Levinson, Cynthia2021
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As an observant child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees - and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too. So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's right. As he grows, he speaks for justice through his art - by disarming classmates who bully him because he's Jewish, by defying his teachers' insistence that he paint beautiful landscapes rather than true stories, by urging the US government to pass Depression-era laws to help people find food and jobs.
Main title:
The people's painter : how Ben Shahn fought for justice with art / Cynthia Levinson ; illustrated by Evan Turk.
Author:
Levinson, Cynthia, authorTurk, Evan, illustrator
Imprint:
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021.
Collation:
48 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781419741302 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
759.13
Language:
English
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BRN:
1186006
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