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Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist
Schwartz & Wade
ISBN13:
9781524771874
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Winner of the American Library Association's 2021 Asian/Pacific American Award for Best Picture Book! An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi. Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki perfectly capture the beautiful life and work of a painter who came to this country with dreams and talent--and who changed the world of animation forever.
- | Author: Julie Leung
- | Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
- | Publication Date: September 24, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 40 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1524771872
- | ISBN-13: 9781524771874
- Author:
- Julie Leung
- Publisher:
- Schwartz & Wade
- Publication Date:
- September 24, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 40 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1524771872
- ISBN-13:
- 9781524771874