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An Arabesque of Wings with Christopher Myers

h1 September 25th, 2014 by jules


“I was a dancer just like you / a dreaming shooting star of a girl /
with work and worlds ahead”
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Since I chatted here last week with Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers about Firebird, their new picture book from Putnam, I thought I’d follow up today with some of Chris’ art from the book.

Enjoy.


“darling child, don’t you know / you’re just where I started /
let the sun shine on your face / your beginning’s just begun”
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“before the fireworks of costumes / before before it all”
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“even birds must learn to fly / like me, you’ll grow steady in grace /
spread an arabesque of wings / and climb”
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“you will soar / become a swan, a beauty, a firebird for sure /
soon with the same practice / you’ll join me / in this dancing dream”
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FIREBIRD. Text copyright © 2014 by Misty Copeland. Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Christopher Myers. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York.





One comment to “An Arabesque of Wings with Christopher Myers”

  1. Beautiful!

         by Little Willow September 25th, 2014 at 9:13 am

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