Georgia in Hawaii

by Novesky, Amy; Morales, Yuyi

• ISBN13: 9780152054205
• ISBN10: 0152054200
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-20
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

In February 1939, Georgia O'Keeffe boarded an ocean liner headed to Hawaii. She had been invited to the islands by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company to create two paintings to promote the delights of pineapple juice. They imagined she'd paint at least one image of a pineapple, but Georgia had other ideas--namely that no one would tell her what to paint. As Georgia toured the islands, she painted flowers, feathered fishhooks, green pleated mountains, and the blue, blue sea. Georgia so loved her time in Hawaii that when the Hawaiian Pineapple Company asked again for a pineapple, she relented. From her studio in New York City, all she had to do to see Hawaii or the beautiful fruit was close her eyes. Amy Novesky's lyrical telling of this little-known story and Yuyi Morales' gorgeous paintings perfectly capture Georgia's strong artistic spirit.

Author Biography

AMY NOVESKY holds an M.A. degree in writing from the University of San Francisco and teaches children's book writing at College of Marin and UC Berkeley Extension. She also works as a freelance children's book editor, formerly with Chronicle Books. Amy's first book for children is Elephant Prince, illustrated by Belgin K. Wedman. She lives in Sausalito, CA, with her husband and a pug.
YUYI MORALES is the writer amd illustrator of award-winning picture books, namely Just a Minute, My Abue by Tony Johnston, and Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull. A native of Mexico, she now lives in Pleasant Hill, CA, where she is hard at work on new books for children. She is also a puppet-maker and the host of a Spanish-language storytelling radio show.
www.yuyimorales.com