Silent Days, Silent Dreams

by Allen Say

Book Overview

Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say brings his lavish illustrations and hybrid narrative and artistic styles to the story of artist James Castle.

James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho. He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. He didn't walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major museums...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545927617
• ISBN13: 9780545927611
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7