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It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
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Based on 13 Ratings and 8 Reviews

Book Description


A biography of outsider artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of 83 began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life.


As an enslaved boy on an Alabama farm in the early 1860s, Bill Traylor worked in the hot cotton fields. After slavery ended, Bill's family stayed on the land as sharecroppers.


By the time he was... More
Book Information
PublisherLee & Low Books
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-101600602606
ISBN-13978-1600602603
Publication Date04/01/2012
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About Don Tate (Author) : I'm the illustrator of more than 25 trade and educational books for children. As a writer, I'm also a recipient of Lee & Low Books New Voices Honor. The Austin Chronicle describes my writing like this... more
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About Gregory Christie (Illustrator) : Gregory Christie is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Gregory Christie include Yesterday I Had the Blues, Jazz Baby, The Champ, and The Deaf M... more
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