Radiant Child: Jean-Michel Basquiat's Books
In the list of biographies there was a lot of similarities. Most of the books were about a historical figure, that made a big impact in our society and history. These books focus more in the facts and specific events, to teach children about the past history. Almost all the books included illustrations. What surprised me was the two books, Brown Girl Dreaming and Radiant Child, because they were very unique and the story was told differently from the other biographies. The picturebook Radiant Child, is about an artist named Jean-Michel Basquiat. This picturebook not only tells his story, but the author also added vivid text and bold artwork which represented the artist personality in a creative way. The book, Brown Girl Dreaming was also surprising,