Henry Ossawa Tanner: His Boyhood Dream Comes True

by Faith Ringgold

Book Overview

This is the story of a small African American boy who followed his dream and became one of America's most important painters, recognized and praised in both America and Europe. When he was just thirteen years old, Henry ran across a man painting in a Philadelphia park. Inspired to paint himself, Henry was given enough money to buy some brushes and pigments by his mother--and so his adventure began. Henry Ossawa Tanner was no ordinary young man. He...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593730926
• ISBN13: 9781593730925
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing Co
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4