"Verde's unique style and simple yet increasingly important messages of peace, mindfulness, and community make her stories a must-share...A must-purchase." --School Library Journal (starred review) "Walls do not just create barriers and divide spaces. They can be canvases for artmaking; opportunities to shape a community." --The Horn Book "This story of urban renewal sends a welcome double message by Verde: neighbors and neighborhoods are more than the way they look, and ordinary people can band together to transform big things." --Publishers Weekly A boy takes on a community art project in order to make his neighborhood more beautiful in this empowering and inspiring picture book by Susan Verde, stunningly illustrated by award-winning artist John Parra. One creative boy.
One bare, abandoned wall.
One BIG idea.
There is a wall in ngel's neighborhood. Around it, the community bustles with life: music, dancing, laughing. Not the wall. It is bleak. One boy decides to change that. But he can't do it alone.
Told in elegant verse by Susan Verde and vibrantly illustrated by John Parra, this inspiring picture book celebrates the power of art to tell a story and bring a community together.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 09/04/2018
ISBN: 9781481453134
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 9.10w x 0.50d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/09/2018 pg. 90
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018
School Library Journal 08/01/2018 pg. 62
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2018 pg. 71
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 500515 / Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community
Reading Level: 2.3 /
Interest Level: Lower Grade /
Point Value: 0.5