Ariel S. Winter
Bontemps Conroy - Slappy Hooper - 006
Slappy Hooper: The Wonderful Sign Painter (1946) tells the American tall tale of Slappy Hooper, who paints signs so realistic that birds try to eat an advertisement for bread and a billboard of a hot stove causes a nearby building to catch fire. This picture book edition by Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) and Jack Conroy (1898-1990) is based on a folk tale Conroy collected as part of the WPA's Federal Writers' Project.
Arna Bontemps was a poet and novelist who was an important figure during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Jack Conroy was the first worker-writer in America, bringing a kind of socialist realism to American fiction.
For more information on Slappy Hooper, Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy see my blog post:
wetoowerechildren.blogspot.com/2010/10/arna-bontemps-and-...
All images are copyrighted © and owned by their respective holders.
Bontemps Conroy - Slappy Hooper - 006
Slappy Hooper: The Wonderful Sign Painter (1946) tells the American tall tale of Slappy Hooper, who paints signs so realistic that birds try to eat an advertisement for bread and a billboard of a hot stove causes a nearby building to catch fire. This picture book edition by Arna Bontemps (1902-1973) and Jack Conroy (1898-1990) is based on a folk tale Conroy collected as part of the WPA's Federal Writers' Project.
Arna Bontemps was a poet and novelist who was an important figure during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Jack Conroy was the first worker-writer in America, bringing a kind of socialist realism to American fiction.
For more information on Slappy Hooper, Arna Bontemps, and Jack Conroy see my blog post:
wetoowerechildren.blogspot.com/2010/10/arna-bontemps-and-...
All images are copyrighted © and owned by their respective holders.