{"product_id":"on-my-block-stories-and-paintings-by-fifteen-artists-paperback","title":"On My Block: Stories and Paintings by Fifteen Artists - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDana Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCecilia Álvarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eCarl Angel\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifteen fine artists portray, in words and pictures, the places and spaces most special to them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there a corner of your block that you love to explore? A room in your house that holds a special memory? A piece of your home country that you particularly miss? A faraway place you've only heard about from an elder family member that excites your imagination?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChildren's Book Press asked fifteen gifted fine artists to portray, in words and pictures, the places and spaces most special to them, and \u003ci\u003eOn My Block\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable result. The places these visual artists have chosen to represent are moving, funny, and unexpected. Readers will soar from the rooftops of South Brooklyn to the adobe-colored desert of Taos Pueblo, from a basement in San Francisco's Japantown to a Mississippi Gulf Coast porch. A garden in Mexico overflows with blossoms while another in Tehran hums with the purring of thirty-two cats, and an empty lot in a bustling Havana neighborhood is transformed into a country farm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn My Block\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of community, an homage to neighborhoods across the world, and an exploration of past and present. The fifteen gorgeous paintings and stories ask you to ponder the places that comprise your world. What's on your block, down your street, in another country, that makes up who you are?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eKim Cogan\u003cbr\u003eMaya Christina Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003eYasmin Hernandez\u003cbr\u003eFelicia Hoshina\u003cbr\u003eSara Kahn\u003cbr\u003eConan Low\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Pearson\u003cbr\u003eElaine Pedlar\u003cbr\u003eAnn Phong\u003cbr\u003eJosé Ramírez\u003cbr\u003eTonel\u003cbr\u003eJonathan Warm Day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003es there a corner of your block that you love to explore? A room in your house that holds a special memory? A piece of your home country that you particularly miss? A faraway place you've only heard about from an elder family member that excites your imagination? Children's Book Press asked fifteen gifted fine artists to portray, in words and pictures, the places and spaces most special to them, and On My Block is the remarkable result. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The places these visual artists have chosen to represent are moving, funny, and unexpected. Readers will soar from the rooftops of South Brooklyn to the adobe-colored desert of Taos Pueblo, from a basement in San Francisco's Japantown to a Mississippi Gulf Coast porch. A garden in Mexico overflows with blossoms while another in Tehran hums with the purring of thirty-two cats, and an empty lot in a bustling Havana neighborhood is transformed into a country farm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On My Block is a celebration of community, an homage to neighborhoods across the world, and an exploration of past and present. The fifteen gorgeous paintings and stories ask you to ponder the places that comprise your world. What's on your block, down your street, in another country, that makes up who you are?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e is a Bay Area-based writer and editor who published award-winning multicultural and bilingual picture books as Executive Editor of Children's Book Press from 2005-2011. Since then, she's been a resident wordsmith at the SFMOMA and the Exploratorium, a hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception. She co-authored \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Curiosity: 50 Visionary Artists, Scientists, Poets, Makers, \u0026amp; Dreamers Who Are Changing the Way We See Our World\u003c\/i\u003e (Weldon Owen, 2019).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Angel\u003c\/b\u003e is a visual artist who enjoys participating in the creation of narrative media--whether it is illustration, design, or independent films. He has illustrated, designed, and art directed numerous books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eLakas and the Manilatown Fish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWillie Wins\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eXochitl and the Flowers \/ Xóchitl, la Niña de las Flores\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives with his wife and son in Burbank, California. Visit his site at carlangel.com \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCbabi Bayoc\u003c\/b\u003e is a fine artist and illustrator whose artwork reflects his love of music and family. His paintings can be found in galleries and homes around the world. 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