Going Back Home

An Artist Returns to the South
By Toyomi Igus, Michele Wood
Paperback: $11.95

More than half a century after her family moved North to find a better life, artist Michele Wood returned to the South to see and experience the land where her ancestors lived, struggled, and thrived.

Description

In Going Back Home, Michele presents a series of paintings inspired by this personal journey. Through her complex and richly patterned art, Michele places herself back in history, imagining her ancestors’ struggles to overcome hardship through family love and community.

About the Creators

Toyomi Igus

Toyomi Igus is the author and editor of several books for children, including Two Mrs. Gibsons and the award-winning Going Back Home, her brilliant account of artist Michele Wood's personal journey to the South. The former Editor and Publications Director for UCLA's Center for African American Studies, she lives in Los Angeles, California.

Michele Wood

Michele Wood is an illustrator, painter, aspiring filmmaker, colorist, clothing and jewelry designer, living in Atlanta, Georgia. She accomplished her Master in Divinity at Christian Theological Seminary, where she was the Artist in Residence 2015-2018. She was awarded the Young Church Women United Award 2016. Her first book, Going Back Home, was honored with an American Book Award Before Columbus Foundation. Wood’s second book, i see the rhythm received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1999 for Illustration.

Awards

  • American Book Award

    Before Columbus Foundation

  • Blue Ribbon List

    Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

  • National Parenting Publications Awards

    National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA)

Paperback

  • ISBN 9780892391974
  • Price $11.95
  • Publication Date Apr 01, 2013
  • Trim Size 10.75 × 8.75 in
  • Weight 0.375 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Word Count 1886
  • Interests

  • Imprint Children's Book Press
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JNF / Biography & Autobiography /Cultural & Regional
  • BISAC Category 2 JNF / History / United States / 20th Century
  • BISAC Category 3 JNF / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
  • Themes African / African American / Black, Art, Biography / Memoir, Childhood Experiences and Memories, Conflict resolution, Discrimination, Dreams & Aspirations, Education, Empathy / Compassion, Families, Farming, Forgiveness, Grandparents, Heroism, History & Civics, Home, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Nonfiction, Overcoming Obstacles, Poverty, Slavery, United States History
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 8 - 10
  • Grade Range Grades 3 - 5
  • Guided Reading W
  • ATOS Book Level 5.2
  • DRA 60
  • Interest Level Grades 3 - 5
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 900
  • Reading Level Grades 4 - 5
  • Bebop Reading Fluent
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