Central Library, Youth Wing
BPL invites all young library-goers and the community to experience the creative vision of Shane W. Evans, and through it, to tap into their own dreams and love.
“Our Dream…” includes a selection of the many award-winning books by Evans, including Olu’s Dream and books by Evans for older readers that celebrate imagination, creativity, love of self and others.
The book Olu’s Dream is a springboard into imagination that follows young Olu and his teddy bear Brindle through a dream odyssey. Oluizumz (ōluisms), Evans’ long-running daily drawing project, showcases Olu and Brindle expressing the positive faces of Black History and the child in all of us. Evans’ creations and books for little ones and teens alike celebrate love and love of self, being Black and of mixed race, social justice, and community. His creativity shines for kids and dreamers.
So…what will you dream today?
About Shane W. Evans
Author, Illustrator, painter, storyteller and musician Shane W. Evans has created pictures for over 50 books for children, including Why?, Mixed Me!, and My Friend! He has worked with authors including Taye Diggs, bell hooks, Quincy Troupe, Jr., Shaquille O'Neal, Andrea Davis Pinkney, Holly Robinson Peete, and Desmond Tutu. His awards and honors include Jane Addams Honor Book awards for Lillian's Right to Vote and We March; and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, all of which he wrote and illustrated. Shane also received an NAACP Image Award for his collaborative work with the Peete family on My Brother Charlie, which was awarded the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Evans is the visionary founder of Dream Studio, a space devoted to sharing dreams, fun, knowledge and imagination.
Follow him on Instagram @shaneevans or visit dreamstudio777.com
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