Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and his grandmother\'s memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, cngel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless.
Told in elegant verse by Susan Verde and vibrantly illustrated by John Parra, this inspiring picture book celebrates the power of art to tell a Story and bring a Community together..
But he can\'t do it alone.
One boy decides to change that.
It is bleak.
Not the wall.
Around it, the Community bustles with life: music, dancing, laughing.
There is a wall in ngel\'s neighborhood.
One BIG idea.
One bare, abandoned wall.
One creative boy. -- Publishers Weekly A boy takes on a Community art project in order to make his neighborhood more beautiful in this empowering and inspiring picture book by Susan Verde, stunningly illustrated by award-winning artist John Parra. -- The Horn Book This Story of urban renewal sends a welcome double message by Verde: neighbors and neighborhoods are more than the way they look, and ordinary people can band together to transform big things.
They can be canvases for artmaking; opportunities to shape a community. -- School Library Journal (starred review) Walls do not just create barriers and divide spaces.
Verde\'s unique style and simple yet increasingly important messages of peace, mindfulness, and Community make her stories a must-share...
A must-purchase.
Full color.
Armed with pencils, paints, dreams, and his grandmother\'s memories of how beautiful the neighborhood once was, cngel and others paint the big wall that had been cold, empty, and cheerless
