A Caldecott Medalist brings his lavish illustrations and hybrid narrative and artistic styles to the story of artist James Castle.
Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say, author of the acclaimed memoir Drawing from Memory , takes readers through an imagined look at Castle\'s childhood, allows them to experience his emergence as an artist despite the overwhelming difficulties he faced, and ultimately reveals the triumphs that he would go on to achieve..
And his reputation continues to grow.
The 2013 Venice Biennale included eleven works by Castle in the feature exhibition The Encyclopedic Palace.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art opened James Castle: A Retrospective in 2008.
Yet, today Castle\'s artwork hangs in major museums throughout the world.
He didn\'t walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.
He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic.
James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho.
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This fictional biography allows readers to experience Castle\'s emergence as an artist despite the overwhelming difficulties he faced.
A Caldecott Medalist brings his lavish illustrations and hybrid narrative and artistic styles to the story of artist James Castle
