[Jacqueline Woodson] SHOW WAY (2005) illustrated by Hudson Talbott / 1st Edition, 1st Printing

Show Way
by Jacqueline Woodson (Author), Hudson Talbott (Illustrator)

Putnam. 2005. 1st Printing. Hardcover edition with die-cut front cover. This book is LIKE NEW.  A Newberry Honor Award Winner. 

A "Show Way" is a quilt with secret meanings, and the image works as both history and haunting metaphor in this exquisite picture book. Based on Woodson's own history, the unforgettable story tells of African American women across generations, from slavery and the civil rights movement to the present. The cut-out jacket design is impressive, as is Talbott's mixed-media artwork inside, which extends Woodson's clear poetic narrative with beautiful collages that make use of big triangles, squares, and curves to emphasize portraits and landscapes and show connections and courage.