Deeplyinfluencedbyherreligiousbeliefsandfiredupbythesocialjusticecausesofherday,artist,designer,andeducatorCoritaKentwasanunlikenoother!A2022BolognaRagazziAwardAmazingBookshelfSelectionA2022ALANotableChildren’sBookABooklistEditors’Choice:BooksforYouth,2021AChicagoPublicLibraryBestoftheBestBooksof2021AMarginalian(formerlyBrainPickings)LoveliestChildren’sBookof2021ABankStreetCollegeofEducationBestBookof2022,ofOutstandingMeritNominatedfora2021EzraJackKeatsWritingAwardFeaturedinthe2021SocietyofIllustratorsOriginalArtExhibitionA2021NCTEOrbisPictusRecommendedBookforChildren’sNonfictionABooklistTopTenArtsBooksforYouthof2021ACCBC(CooperativeChildren’sBookCenter)ChoicesBestChildren’sBook,2022StarsfromBooklist,Kirkus,PublishersWeekly,andmore!CoritaKent(1918-1986)livedaremarkablelifeasanartist,educator,nun,andactivist.Unapologeticallyholdingtruetoherselfandherbeliefs,Coritaspreadapowerfulmessageoflove,hope,andjusticewithherwork,asitevolvedfromfigurativeandreligiousart,toserigraphsincorporatingthesacredandtheordinary,toasparser,moreintrospectivestyle.Thistimelystorywilldrawreadersintothelifeofasingularwomanwhoseworkandcommitmentinviteusalltoseekjoyintheeveryday,toobservetheworldwithopeneyes,andtoquestionandseebeyondtheexistingframeworksofsociety.ThoughtfullywrittenbyMatthewBurgessandvibrantlyillustratedbyKaraKramer,thisbeautifulbiography,madeinclosecollaborationwiththeCoritaArtCenter,includesreproductionsofCorita’sworks,achronology,andauthorandillustratornotes.
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