Laban Carrick Hill's Books

Laban Hill, author of the acclaimed Harlem Stomp, is back with an in-depth exploration of America in the 1960's and the young people who built a new world around them and changed our society significantly. Like Harlem Stomp, America Dreaming is an educational and visual look into a time of energy and influence. Covering subjects such as the civil rights movement, hippie culture, black nationalism, and the feminist movement, Hill paints a sprawling picture of life in the '60's and shows how teenagers were on the forefront of the societal changes that occurred during this grand decade.

When it was released in 2004, Harlem Stomp! was the first trade book to bring the Harlem Renaissance alive for young adults! Meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated, the book is a veritable time capsule packed with poetry, prose, photographs, full-color paintings, and reproductions of historical documents. Now, after more than three years in hardcover, three starred reviews and a National Book Award nomination, Harlem Stomp! is being released in paperback.

Frida Kahlo's work comes to life—literally—in this magical realist novel, the latest addition to Watson-Guptill's acclaimed Art Encounters series. The story alternates between Kahlo's home in Mexico City, Casa Azul, and the journey of a teenage girl and her young brother, lost in the city. At the mystical Casa Azul, everything with a face talks—including Kahlo's pet monkey, her cat, portraits on the wall. Over the course of the book, the cover painting, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, transforms from a nightmarish vision of death into a life-affirming masterpiece. This dramatic story offers a vivid reimagining of the life and work of a woman as well known for her amazing life as for her amazing art. • Laban Hill is a National Book Award Finalist and recipient of the Parents Choice Gold Award • Frida Kahlo is one of the most popular artists among young people today-her art and her blazingly flamboyant style make her eternally up-to-date • Ties in to school curriculum in art and social studies

This is the story of DJ Kool Herc and how he invented a new kind of music that would change the world.

Scarred by his battlefield experiences in Napoleon's army, Jean, a young soldier, finds salvation in his pursuit of art in the studio of the most renowned painter of late eighteenth-early nineteenth-century France, Jacques-Louis David. Includes a brief b

This is the story of DJ Kool Herc and how he invented a new kind of music that would change the world.

The reader makes choices that control the outcome of a visit from pen pal Billy, who is not the way he seemed in his letters.

The reader's decisions control the course of a story in which a kid at a new school discovers that all the other students are ghouls.

With its hilarious portrayal of a dysfunctional American family, Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections--a bestseller and a National Book Award winner--took the literary scene by storm. What is Franzen's take on life in the United States today? What are the "corrections" Franzen refers to in the title? Why did Franzen balk at being picked for Oprah's Book Club™? Answers to all these questions and more are found in the pages of this insightful guide.

The reader's decisions control the course of an adventure involving an ancient mask from the Amazon rain forest that can change people into flies.

The reader makes choices that control the outcome of a visit from pen pal Billy, who is not the way he seemed in his letters.

Book's by Laban Carrick Hill

America Dreaming

America Dreaming

Harlem Stomp!

Harlem Stomp!

Casa Azul

Casa Azul

When the Beat Was Born

When the Beat Was Born

A Brush With Napolean

A Brush With Napolean

America Dreaming

America Dreaming

Harlem Stomp!

Harlem Stomp!

When the Beat Was Born

When the Beat Was Born

Casa Azul

Casa Azul

The Evil Pen Pal

The Evil Pen Pal

Watch Out for Room 13

Watch Out for Room 13

The Corrections

The Corrections

Bugged Out!

Bugged Out!

The Evil Pen Pal

The Evil Pen Pal

The Corrections

The Corrections

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