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Paper son : the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist

ISBN: 9781524771898 (ebook)
ISBN: 1524771880
ISBN: 9781524771881
ISBN: 1524771872
ISBN: 9781524771874
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Schwartz &amp; Wade Books, [2019]

Leung, Julie (author.). Sasaki, Chris (Illustrator), (illustrator.).

Summary: "An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to life. Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America, Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi."--Amazon.com