City Angel - Hardcover

Spinelli, Eileen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803728212 ISBN 13: 9780803728219

Publisher: Dial, 2004

Synopsis

An urban angel travels about her busy city helping those in need by welcoming a newborn at the zoo, giving a basketball player a little assistance in his game, and offering a helping hand to a jump-roper attempting a new move on a bustling city sidewalk.

About this title

About the Author:

Eileen Spinelli is the acclaimed author of such popular books as Three Pebbles and a Song and When Mama Comes Home Tonight.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2 - This book celebrates a day in the life of a city angel. As envisioned by the artist, this celestial being is a black woman in a flowing white patterned gown with fluid, shimmering wings. She flies about the urban streets joining in on everyday pleasures: hitching a ride on a skateboard, singing along with street musicians, or joining in a game of basketball. She is also there to care for those in need and to perform good deeds. Her role is not glorified but it is glorious. She watches over all in "the city she has come to love." The short, rhyming stanzas set the stage for the stellar illustrations. Brooker uses an interesting blend of oil paints and collage, splicing photographic images of real objects into artistic renderings to create detailed cityscapes. The composition of each page exhibits a great flow of curves and angles. Characters loom large but don't overwhelm the setting so that the integration of the angel into real-world complexities is complete. Each painting can be studied as a work of art. The angel's composed smiling presence is soothing and welcome. - Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dial
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0803728212
• ISBN 13: 9780803728219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Brooker Kyrsten