It Began With a Page - How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way
Contributor(s): Maclear, Kyo (Author), Morstad, Julie (Illustrator)
EAN: 9780062447623
Publisher: HarperCollins
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: October 08, 2019
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 1.02 cms H x 28.70 cms L x 23.62 cms W (0.50 kgs) 48 pages

Annotation:
"Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan, where her talent flourished. But while Gyo's career grew and led her to work for Walt Disney Studios, World War II began, and with it, her family's internment. But Gyo never stopped fighting--for herself, her vision, her family and her readers--and later wrote and illustrated the first children's book to feature children of different races interacting together."--