The Literacy Bridge - Large Print - I, Juan De Pareja - Hardcover

Elizabeth Borton De Trevino

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786276665 ISBN 13: 9780786276660

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2005

Synopsis

A Newbery Award Winner

When the great Velazquez was painting his masterpieces at the Spanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertly mixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan de Pareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and the cruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Treviņo tells the story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplished and respected artist.

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Borton de Trevino (1904-2000) was the highly acclaimed author of many books for young people. Born in California, it was her move to Mexico in the 1930s that inspired many of her books, including El Guero: A True Adventure Story and Leona: A Love Story. She won the Newbery Medal in 1966 for I, Juan de Pareja.

From AudioFile:

This 1965 publication won a Newbery Medal and top awards in England and France. De Trevino's masterpiece is enhanced by Ward's glorious narration. The colorful text is presented so artistically that simply listening to all of the different voices and accents is a great pleasure. Juan is an African slave who assists Spanish painter Vel‡zquez and himself becomes an accomplished artist in spite of the prohibition against a slave learning to paint. The diverse European accents, as well as Juan's African speech patterns as a child and an adult, are masterfully recreated. The book closes very interestingly with de Trevino explaining the art of creating a biography. S.G.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0786276665
• ISBN 13: 9780786276660
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240