# Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community - Hardcover

by **Susan Verde** (Author), **John Parra** (Illustrator)

**"Verde's unique style and simple yet increasingly important messages of peace, mindfulness, and community make her stories a must-share...A must-purchase." --_School Library Journal_ (starred review)**

**"Walls do not just create barriers and divide spaces. They can be canvases for artmaking; opportunities to shape a community." --_The Horn Book_**

**"This story of urban renewal sends a welcome double message by Verde: neighbors and neighborhoods are more than the way they look, and ordinary people can band together to transform big things." --_Publishers Weekly_**

**A boy takes on a community art project in order to make his neighborhood more beautiful in this empowering and inspiring picture book by Susan Verde, stunningly illustrated by award-winning artist John Parra.**

One creative boy.  
One bare, abandoned wall.  
One BIG idea.

There is a wall in ngel's neighborhood. Around it, the community bustles with life: music, dancing, laughing. Not the wall. It is bleak. One boy decides to change that. But he can't do it alone.

Told in elegant verse by Susan Verde and vibrantly illustrated by John Parra, this inspiring picture book celebrates the power of art to tell a story and bring a community together.

### Author Biography

Susan Verde's first picture book, _The Museum_, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds, was a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. _Booklist_ praised, "The rhymed text captures the excitement of a being sparked by art." Her other books include _You and Me_, _I Am_ _Yoga_, _The Water Princess_, and _I Am Peace_, all illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds; as well as _Rock 'n' Roll Soul_, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell; _My Kicks,_ illustrated by Katie Kath; and _Hey, Wall,_ illustrated by John Parra_._ Susan is a former elementary school teacher with a Master's degree in reading remediation. In addition to writing books, Susan teaches yoga and mindfulness to kids (and adults) of all ages. She lives in East Hampton, New York, with her three children. Learn more at SusanVerde.com.

John Parra's illustrations for _Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos_, written by Monica Brown, earned the book a _New York Times_ Best Illustrated Book designation. He also illustrated _Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors_ by Roseanne Thong, which received a Pura Belpré Honor and the Américas Book Award: Commended; _Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans_ by Phil Bildner, which won the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration and was a Bank Street Best Book of the year; and _Hey, Wall_, by Susan Verde, which _School Library Journal_ called "a must-purchase" in a starred review. Learn more at JohnParraArt.com.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 9.1 x 9.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 04, 2018

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 2.3

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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