Let it Shine
by Ashley Bryan is the winner of the 2008 Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. The book is about three popular spiritual songs called: "This Little Light of Mind," "Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In," and "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands." The picture of the scissors at the beginning of the story leads the reader to believe that she uses a colorful array of what seems to be construction paper cut-outs that she so cleverly uses as a collage to go along with each song. She uses the cut-outs to create a variety of scenes. Some of those scenes are of people dancing, praying, playing outside, in the city, and in the darkness. There is also a garden and a jungle with cut-out animal pictures. The author also provides the lyrics to these songs at the end of the book followed by a note from her.
I fell in love with the beautiful bold color cut-out collages she used to go along with each song. This is a good addition to your art collection of books.
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