Age Range: 4 - 8 years Grade Level: Preschool - 3 Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Aladdin (October 15, 2019) ISBN-10: 1534451862 ISBN-13: 978-1534451865
In the spring of 2018, 2-year-old Parker Curry visited the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., with her mom, her sister and her best friend. They saw a lot of artwork that day — but it was Amy Sherald's portrait of first lady Michelle Obama that made Parker stop in her tracks and look up in awe.
"It's fun working with my mommy!" Parker says. "It's fun working with you, too," Curry Morton replies. In Parker Looks Up, Jackson depicted a number of the Portrait Gallery's famous paintings. She says it was a challenge to translate these artworks into a book for kids.
"The portrait of the first lady Michelle Obama loomed "Naturally I want to do everything justice and show rebefore me," Parker recalls. Now 4, Parker says the painting made her feel inspired. Also, she adds, Michelle spect to Amy Sherald ..." Jackson says. "I just drew it in my style which is just a little bit cartooned or more playObama is now her friend. That's because Parker became a viral sensation when a fellow museum-goer took a picture of her standing there, spellbound. Less than a week later, Parker got to meet – and dance — with Obama.
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Jackson depicts Parker's journey through the museum in vivid colors. And there was one other technique she used to add "a little extra character" to the book.
The experience has inspired a picture book — Parker Looks Up — written by Parker and her mom, Jessica Curry Morton, and illustrated by Brittany Jackson. Authors and Artists Magazine · 5
