An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children

Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children written by Jamaica Kincaid and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collaboration from two of America’s leading artists that explores the fascinating and hidden history of the plant world. In this witty, deeply original book, the renowned novelist Jamaica Kincaid offers an ABC of the plants that define our world and reveals the often brutal history behind them. Kara Walker, one of America’s greatest visual artists, illustrates each entry with provocative, brilliant, enthralling, many-layered watercolors. There has never been a book like An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children—so inventive, surprising, and telling about what our gardens reveal.