{"id":3313,"date":"2014-02-03T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2014-02-03T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:06","slug":"sugar-hill-harlems-historic-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3313","title":{"rendered":"Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Early sample and final art (without the final text):
“Where churches offer music schools that polish rough stones into jewels.”<\/em>
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Over at BookPage<\/em> today is my review of Carole Boston Weatherford’s<\/a><\/strong> Sugar Hill: Harlem’s Historic Neighborhood<\/em>, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie<\/a><\/strong>. This is a February release from Albert Whitman & Company. To read more about the book, just head on over there today. Here’s<\/a><\/strong> the link. <\/p>\n

And I really want to, as always, share some art from the book, too, so with big thanks to R. Gregory Christie, here are some early samples and final art from the book. Please note: As always, the colors as they appear on your screen might be just a tad bit off from how they appear in the book. Also, these spreads do not include the playful, colorful font that ended up in the final version of the book.<\/em><\/p>\n

Enjoy the art … <\/p>\n


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“Where Duke and Count plunk out new tunes
and Zora spins stories by the moon.”<\/em>
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“Where Aaron Douglas births black art
and a young Faith Ringgold gets her start.”<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n


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“Where Robeson puts down roots a while
and Sonny Rollins hangs with Miles.”<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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SUGAR HILL: HARLEM’S HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. Copyright \u00a9 2014 by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrations copyright \u00a9 2014 by R. Gregory Christie. Published by Albert Whitman & Company, Park Ridge, IL. All images here reproduced by permission of R. Gregory Christie.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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