“An artful resource for dreamers of all ages.” –Booklist

“Quietly inspiring…The simple yet lyrical narrative flows effortlessly.”-School Library Journal

“A fine celebration of a renowned woman artist.” – Kirkus Reviews

Appropriately, the book’s muted art has the fine lines, precision, and spatial astuteness of architectural drawings, and Phumiruk’s use of perspective is often striking. A wide double-page spread of the finished memorial, for instance, impressively captures its length as the wall of fallen solders’ names stretches diagonally toward the horizon. katrina hedeen – Horn Book (starred)

“Lin’s story encourages the study of art, architecture, and engineering, making it an ideal choice to pair with STEAM-related activities.” – SLJ

“The clean lines in Phumiruk’s deliberately sparse, light-infused spreads and the placement of slender, pillarlike passages of text reinforce the breathtaking beauty of Lin’s sleek landmark … this is an artful resource for dreamers of all ages.” — Booklist

“Phumiruk’s clean-lined, crisp illustrations … and light palette emphasize connections between Lin’s concepts and the strong influences of nature on Lin’s art … A fine celebration of a renowned woman artist.”—Kirkus

“Textual and visual sparseness … echoes Lin’s minimalist style…Phumiruk’s muted artwork … makes good use of watercolor and corrugated textures to evoke the inspiration Lin drew from nature.” – PW

“Phumiruk’s digital illustrations feature soft, opaque colors that contrast brilliantly with the glossy black of the memorial images. Informative, important, and elegant.”

http://www.slj.com/2017/03/collection-development/athletes-activists-and-other-amazing-women-womens-history-month/

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“A handsome tribute … The story of how Maya defies their expectations will inspire readers of all ages. Dow Phumiruk’s illustrations—precise and colorful, yet clean and unfussy—bring added appeal to this intriguing look at the life of a legend. – BookPage

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75 Picture Books About Mighty Girls & Women
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In its early pages, this quiet and contemplative picture-book biography sets up artist-architect Maya Lin’s fascination with spaces, natural and human-made, and their dynamic relationship with phenomena such as light. The daughter of two Chinese-immigrant artists, a potter and a poet who “never told Maya what to be or how to think,” Maya honed both her creativity and her intellect as a child. She went on to study architecture, a fusion of “art, science, and math,” in college. During her senior year at Yale, Maya entered a national contest to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, inspired by its guideline that the design must blend with the park setting. That a twenty-one-year-old novice beat out 1,420 other candidates, many of them famous architects, is intrinsically captivating fodder for a picture book, and Lin’s conviction about her own design in the face of public backlash is a built-in lesson in perseverance. Appropriately, the book’s muted art has the fine lines, precision, and spatial astuteness of architectural drawings, and Phumiruk’s use of perspective is often striking. A wide doublepage spread of the finished memorial, for instance, impressively captures its length as the wall of fallen solders’ names stretches diagonally toward the horizon. Harvey’s text makes thoughtful, relatable connections between Lin’s work and the themes of her life; an author’s note adds supplementary details on the memorial’s design and touches on Lin’s later work. – Horn Book (starred)

“Informative, important, and elegant.”

http://www.slj.com/2017/03/collection-development/athletes-activists-and-other-amazingwomen-womens-history-month/