ABOUT THIS BOOK

GROWING UP IN Russia in the late 1800s, Marc Chagall doesn’t know what art is. He doesn’t even know what drawing is until one of his schoolmates shows him how to trace a picture in a magazine. Marc tries it himself, then decides to pull pictures out of his own mind—his Uncle Noah on the roof, flying cows, and happy men with fiddles. Suddenly Marc knows what he wants to do with his life. He wants to be an artist!


REVIEWS

“For this fictionalized account, Kimmel takes only the bare bones of Chagall’s story—the Russian village, the influential art teacher, the worried parents—to get across what is truly important: to follow your dream.”—Kirkus Reviews


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eric Kimmel is the award-winning author of several well-known children’s books. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Matthew Trueman grew up in Italy 45 minutes north of Venice. He still lives by the water, now on the Delaware River, with his wife Anna and their cat, Fisher.


AWARDS

SUBMITTED 2008 - Sydney Taylor Book Award, Association of Jewish Libraries