Signs of Hope: The Revolutionary Art of Sister Corita Kent

(Hardback)

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Signs of Hope is a picture book biography of groundbreaking artist, teacher, and Catholic nun Corita Kent from critically acclaimed author Mara Rockliff, with stunning full-color art from Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet.

Let Corita teach you how to see the world in a whole new way!

Sister Corita Kent, the pop art nun, burst onto the 1960s art scene with splashes of color and ad slogans transformed into messages of love, hope, peace, and justice. The art world would never be the sameand neither would the young people whose lives she changed.

Join Coritas students as they learn how to look at the world around them through an artists eyes. With Corita, work is play, imagination means adventure, and there is no line between life and art.

Told with joy and energy by award-winning author Mara Rockliff and spectacularly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, Signs of Hope brings a revolutionary artists teachingsstill fresh, still inspiringto a new generation. As Corita told her students, Be ready to see what you havent seen before!

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***STARRED REVIEW***
"Playing with words and images, this picture book is an artful homage to a 'joyous revolutionary.'"

* Booklist *
A buoyant invitation to see the world and to look for artistic ways to improve it. * Kirkus *
The narrative offers glimpses into the rest of Kents life, both the beauty and the challenges, with an emphasis on her way of seeing the world... * The Horn Book Magazine *
[T]his optimistic biography of artist Corita Kent (19181986) shimmers with the figures energy and sense of possibility... Combining pop art and protest, the result is a joyous nexus of experimentation and creative responsibility that details a small and quiet figure whose art remains 'big and loud.' * Publishers Weekly *
Beautiful collage illustrations...inspired by Sister Kents style, along with some of her original are shown on every page...An inspiring book helping to remind everyone to look at things more carefully to find deeper meaning in ideas and life. * School Library Journal *

Author Bio

Mara Rockliff is the award-winning author of dozens of childrens books, including A Perfect Fit: How Lena Lane Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion as well as Sweet Justice: Georgia Gilmore and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, called an essential purchase in a School Library Journal starred review. She lives in western Massachusetts. Melissa Sweet has illustrated over 100 books, as well as toys, puzzles, and games. Her work has appeared in magazines, on greeting cards, and as drawings on her living room walls. She has received numerous awards, including two Caldecott Honors for A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams and The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, both by Jen Bryant.