[Fredslist] Props From "Dad"

[fklein at legal.org]

Shane Evans is my "third son" and as such I am very proud of the below. Please take a look. Shane is very talented. 
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-----Original Message-----
From: sevans26 at aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:41:35 
To: <fklein at legal.org>
Subject: Re: Props From "Dad"

Many thanks Pops2.


Feeling good about this work.



"Underground" is my 2nd author 
/illustrator 
effort. It is due out Jan. 2011. It is a book 
with feeling that embodies the spirit of the 
underground railroad, a message of people
helping people to freedom. Although the 
context is historical the real message is lies in
how we continue this effort of the "underground" 
even today, there are many Tubman's and Douglas's 
amongst us, lending a hand to freedom.


This review says SO MUCH about
this books intention:


Powerfully expressive imagery will sweep young viewers into this suspenseful journey along the Underground Railroad. Accompanied by a commentary of, usually, just two or three words per spread, the scenes track a small group of escapees stealing through darkness beneath a thin crescent moon. They are seen running, crawling, resting tensely, taking brief shelter with “new friends,” then wearily keeping on until sunrise at last brings them to their goal: “I am free. He is free. She is free. We are free.” Underscoring the sense of fear and urgency with broad, slanted strokes of thinly applied paint, Evans limns his hunched, indistinct figures in dark lines and adds weight with scribbled fill and jagged bits of paper or cloth. His palette of midnight-dark blue lit only by the occasional yellow torch- or lantern light and white stars draws attention to the whites of the frightened escapees’ eyes and makes sunlit Freedom all the more precious when attained. Lengthier accounts of travel on the Underground Railroad abound, but few if any portray the experience with such compelling immediacy. (afterword) (Picture book. 5-9)


www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-books/shane-w-evans/underground-evans/


Next on the horizon... Taye and I completed CHOCOLATE ME... we are both excited
about that work and look to get out there and share the importance of "the sweet inside"


LOVE TO YOU AND MOM2...









-----Original Message-----
From: fklein at legal.org
To: Shane Evans <Sevans26 at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 11, 2010 10:05 am
Subject: Props From "Dad"


Tell me about your new book. I want to do a shout out on fredslist. 
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