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Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave

Author: Hill, Laban Carrick.
Title: Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
Format: Book
Edition: 1st ed.
Published: New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
URL: <Contributor biographical information> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010006382-b.html <Publisher description> http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010006382-d.html
Other contributors: Collier, Bryan, ill.
Notes: Art techniques used: Combination of watercolor and mixed media collage in warm earth tones. "Junior Library Guild Premier Selection"--cover sticker. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary: Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave, and a potter, who went on to become an influential poet and artist.
Target audience: Kindergarten-Grade 4 (SLJ)
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book, 2011 Coretta Scott King Book Award -- Illustrator, 2011 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011 A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject headings: Dave, active 1834-1864--Juvenile literature. African American potters--Biography--Juvenile literature. African American poets--Biography--Juvenile literature. Enslaved persons--South Carolina--Biography--Juvenile literature.
ISBN: 9780316107310 (hbk.) 031610731X (hbk.)