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Dorothea's Eyes: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Truth Hardcover – March 1, 2016

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“An excellent beginner’s resource for biography, U.S. history, and women’s studies.” —Kirkus Reviews

Here is the powerful and inspiring biography of Dorothea Lange, one of the founders of documentary photography.

After a childhood bout of polio left her with a limp, all Dorothea Lange wanted to do was disappear. But her desire not to be seen helped her learn how to blend into the background and observe. With a passion for the artistic life, and in spite of her family's disapproval, Lange pursued her dream to become a photographer and focused her lens on the previously unseen victims of the Great Depression. This poetic biography tells the emotional story of Lange's life and includes a gallery of her photographs, an author's note, a timeline, and a bibliography.

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"This brief, illustrated biography explores how the life of pioneering photojournalist Dorothea Lange influenced her art.... the mostly autumnal palette complements the text as it teaches ... tawny colors work equally well to conjure the Great Depression.... An excellent beginner's resource for biography, U.S. history, and women's studies." — Kirkus Reviews

"This biography of celebrated photographer Dorothea Lange (best known for the iconic Migrant Mother) has a clear, consistent message... Lange's photographs are unique because they depict 'people the world ignores' with both truth and love, allowing viewers to see the world with their eyes and hearts...DuBois employs a muted palette, and the striking illustrations have a faded look that complements the setting and mood....A solid introduction to one of America's most celebrated photographers." —School Library Journal

"Rosenstock lyrically describes photographer Dorothea Lange's creative development from a polio-stricken child from Hoboken to the photographer behind some of the nation's most iconic images." —Publishers Weekly

"An oversize portrait of those titular grey-green eyes introduce Dorothea's special talent at seeing details in objects and faces that others might miss....Softly outlined pastel images create spacious and simple vivid pictures..." —Booklist

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Barb Rosenstock's The Noisy Paint Box, published by Knopf, won a 2015 Caldecott Honor Medal. She lives near Chicago, Illinois. Visit barbrosenstock.com.

Gerard DuBois is the illustrator of Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words, the 2013 NCTE Orbis Pictus winner. He lives in Montreal, Canada, with his family. Visit gdubois.com.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Calkins Creek; First Edition (March 1, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 162979208X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1629792088
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 10 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 580L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 2 - 5
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.81 x 0.36 x 11.31 inches

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Barb Rosenstock writes true stories for today’s kids. She’s the author of many award-winning picture books including the Caldecott Honor title, THE NOISY PAINT BOX, illustrated by Mary Grandpré, the first in series of picture books about famous artists. THE SECRET KINGDOM and OTIS AND WILL DISCOVER THE DEEP were recently honored by the NCTE Orbis Pictus committee and THROUGH THE WINDOW received a Sydney Taylor honor. Barb loves to visit schools and share ideas about reading and writing with students. She lives with her family near Chicago.

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Julia Wasson

The art of compassion

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2016

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An interesting choice of subject for a picture book biography. Barb Rosenstock's text provides a window into challenging issues - disability, loneliness, hardship - while showing young readers how Dorothea's own sufferings might have taught her the compassion and persistence she needed to communicate with her subjects: "Dorothea's eyes help us see with our hearts." Selection of images at the back are both a historical record and a document of the rapport Lange achieved with migrant workers, an ex-slave, men on a bread line. Meticulously researched, with a timeline and extended bibliography for readers who might want to learn more. Relevant to social issues of today and the heartbreaking situations that children are asked to live and to witness.

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Dorothea's Eyes

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 9, 2021

Dorothea Lange's grey-green eyes look at the world around her and sees "dimpled shadows scattering an orange peel. Swirled-pattern pricks in a walnut sewing table. Repeating rectangles of New Jersey row homes."

After her parents split up, her mother finds a job in a city library and Dorothea attends a school full of poor immigrants. She is Different and Lonely.

But, she is also Watchful. Curious. So, after school she,
spies into crowded tenements where fathers, home from peddling, read newspapers, and mothers wash dishes, clothes, and babies in rusty sinks--happy and sad mixed together.
Dorothea pretends she's invisible all the time.

And all the time, Dorothea sees with her eyes and her heart.

As a teenager, she announces she is going to be a photographer. Despite her mother's resistance ("It...it isn't ladylike!") Dorothea gets work at photographer's studios and learns everything she can about cameras and darkrooms.

She loves faces, but is restless to see places too. She sets off from New Jersey to travel around the world but stays in San Fransisco after her money is stolen. She starts her own portrait studio and becomes successful. She marries and has children. But, she keeps asking herself, Am I using my eyes and my heart?

One day during the Depression she looks outside her window and sees men searching for work. She focuses on one man in particular and Dorothea's heart won't let her stop.

Dorothea leaves her comfortable life and takes her camera on the road. She scans dirt lanes, peers down back paths, and squints up broken steps. Fathers stoop in fields, working for pennies. Mothers nurse sick children, lying thirsty in makeshift tents. Whole families in jalopies--blown out by the dust storms wracking the land. Her heart knows all about people the world ignores.

Dorothea doesn't just photograph the people she meets. She understands how ashamed and invisible they feel. For five years despite a leg that always hurts, she photographs people for the world to see. "The jobless. The hungry. The homeless."

Newspapers and magazines publish these pictures. Dorothea's eyes won't let the country look away. Her photographs help convince the government to provide parents with work, children with food, and families with safe, clean homes.

The truth, seen with love, becomes Dorothea's art.

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Sunday C

Read and then engage in close reading and discussion as part of an integrated unit of study

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 29, 2016

This is a complex text for savvy picture book readers—at points lyrical and abstract, at other points literal in details about Lange’s life. Rosenstock has created an intimate portrait of Lange while also creating a picture of this time period. There’s a lot happening in the book that would be better understood with some background knowledge about the Depression—perhaps as part of an integrated unit of study.. That said – it’s a powerfully told story with strong themes—disability, invisibility, loneliness, curiosity, knowing with your eyes and/or your heart. This would make for good reading and rereading and thorough discussion with intermediate grade students. The book ends with photos we all know Lange for including Migrant Mother. There’s a great author’s note about Lange at the end of the book with a timeline. I totally agree with the audience age recommended – 2nd through 7th grade. Rosenstock has written several picture book biographies that are worthy of our students’ time.

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Becky B.

Biographical picture book of an overcomer who used her "small" talent to help others

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 28, 2017

A picture book biography of photographer Dorothea Lange, who overcame disabilities suffered because of polio, defied convention by becoming a photographer even though she was a woman, and stepped outside the studio to photograph the lonely and forgotten.

Another great picture book biography about someone who overcame their own difficulties, and used a "small" skill to help make other lives better. I recognized several of her photographs, but didn't know about the woman behind them or the impact she had during the Great Depression and beyond.

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rampartrange@cs.com

Beautiful. Poetic

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2016

Beautiful. Poetic. Compassionate. Depth. We see it with our eyes and our hearts. Easily one of the best picture books I've ever encountered.

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Brianna Zamborsky

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 13, 2016

Fabulous.

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