num_pages: 32
description: Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem New York as seen through the eyes of a little boy Uptown . . .Harlem New York.Chicken and waffles.Jazz.Home.Uptown is a rich mix of flavors colors sounds and cultures that come together to create a vibrant community like no other in the world. Seen through the eyes of one little boy who lives there the details of life in Harlem are as joyous as a game of basketball on a summer's afternoon and as personal as a trip to the barbershop where old-timers reminisce.Bryan Collier's spare poetic text and beautiful intricate illustrations evoke every aspect of Harlem from the legendary Apollo Theater to chocolate-colored brownstones weekend shopping on 125th Street and the music of Duke Ellington.Uptown is the winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.
language: English
title: Uptown
publisher: Square Fish