Dave the potter :

Hill, Laban Carrick.

Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier. - 1st ed. - New York : Little, Brown, 2010. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.

Art techniques used: Combination of watercolor and mixed media collage in warm earth tones.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth-century slave, and a potter, who went on to become an influential poet and artist.

Kindergarten-Grade 4 (SLJ)

Caldecott Honor Book, 2011 Coretta Scott King Book Award -- Illustrator, 2011

9780316107310 (hbk.) 031610731X (hbk.)

2010006382


Dave, fl. 1834-1864 --Juvenile literature.


African American potters--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American poets--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Slaves--South Carolina--Biography--Juvenile literature.

NK4210.D247 / H55 2010