Baba Wague Diakite, Author Groundwood Books $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-88899-719-7
What Diakite's (The Hunterman and the Crocodile) somewhat sluggish narrative lacks in grace the artist makes up for in his fluid line and elegant shadings, rendered on his signature ceramic tiles. The story, inspired by a folktale from his homeland,
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Baba Wague Diakite, Author, Baba Wague Diakite, Illustrator . Scholastic $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-43960-2
Malian folklore springs to life in the exquisitely painted ceramics that have become Diakité's (The Hatseller and the Monkeys) illustrative trademark. Set against solid color fields, his bold pottery extends an energizing magic to a...
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Baba Wague Diakite, Author, Baba Wague Diakite, Illustrator Scholastic Press $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-96069-4
Fans of Slobodkina's Caps for Sale will relish this fresh twist on a hat vendor's comical skirmish with some clever primates, set in Diakite's (The Hunterman and the Crocodile) native Mali. BaMusa is not only a hatseller, but descends from a long...
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Baba Wague Diakite, Author, Baba Wague Diakite, Illustrator Scholastic Press $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-590-89828-7
Stunning primitivist paintings make a graceful transition from the ceramic tiles on which they originally appeared to this memorable debut book by an artist and storyteller born and raised in West Africa. Featuring bold, black-and-white animal...
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