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Paper son : the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781524771874
  • 1524771872
  • 9781524771881
  • 1524771880
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 700.92 B 23
LOC classification:
  • N6537.W647 L48 2019
Summary: "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."--Amazon.com
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JB JB Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction JB WON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 24480000020475

"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."--Amazon.com

Ages 4-8.

K to Grade 3.

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