(3) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Myers brings vibrant life to a poetic story of African American painter Jacob Lawrence's youth growing up in 1930 Harlem. Myers's art, a true representation of Lawrence's own style, invites young readers into the era and place, depicting everyday activities such as men playing checkers on a stoop and preachers shouting in the street. A biographical note and reproductions are appended.

Reviewer: Henrietta M. Smith

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Myers. In an imagined dialogue, American Ballet Theatre soloist Copeland reassures a disheartened African American ballet student that she also had self-doubts: "darling child, don't you know / you're just where I started." Richly hued collages make the dancers on stage seem to fly. An author's note says that Copeland never saw herself in ballet books; this book encourages aspiring dancers of all colors.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Father and son team up for this reflection on United States history. The promise and potential of America are explored with a quotation (credited in the notes), poem, and mural-like painting on each spread (the art notes cite page numbers not included on spreads). The backmatter is essential for understanding the content and will make this useful in classrooms.

Reviewer: Robin L. Smith

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Myers. "I looked in the mirror / and what did I see? / A real handsome dude / looking just like me." The poem-text has swagger and bounce as the narrator celebrates everything that makes him who he is. Collage illustrations present Matisse-like cutouts of human figures in hot, strong colors against almost abstractly cropped photos that suggest a world brimming with riches.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009

(1) K-3 Myers relocates Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem to a city basketball court. Superbly composed paintings full of sinuous arms, sharp angles, and low-to-the-ground perspectives capture the ominous mood. Bold design lets the text become a visual element, employing agitated block letters, some placed on patches of color to provide emphasis. Myers's approach is fresh, and the art and design are in synch.

Reviewer: Lolly Robinson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Christopher Myers. In this extended jam session, historical moments, great jazz musicians, and the various forms and instruments of the genre each take a turn on stage. In his black ink and acrylic paintings Christopher Myers both follows his father's lead and suggests rhythms and moods of his own. As with blues journey, readers will find music coming irresistibly into their heads. Timeline. Glos.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2006

(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Christopher Myers. In this collection of original poems, Myers's blues extend themselves to themes of racism, loneliness, slavery, and just plain hard luck. Christopher Myers's illustrations are impressively composed and imaginatively varied in design. You'll have to make up the tunes, but Myers père et fils are so deeply immersed in the rhythms and idioms of the blues that the music will seem to come right out of you in response. Glos.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2003

(3) YA Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Using young adult narrators, Myers retells and brings to life six stories from the Hebrew Bible. Reuben recalls selling his brother Joseph and is reunited with him years later. Delilah struggles between her love for Samson and her duty to her people to bring an end to his power. Christopher Myers's strong graphic images contribute to the contemporary feel of the book.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(1) YA Illustrated by Christopher Myers. Arrested and charged with murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is writing a screenplay of his ordeal. Balancing courtroom drama and a sordid jailhouse setting with flashbacks to the crime, Myers adeptly allows each character to speak for him or herself, leaving readers to judge for themselves the truthfulness of the defendants, witnesses, lawyers, and, most compellingly, Steve himself.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 1999