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Ashley Bryan

This TeachingBooks Original Author Program contains...

  • 2 Mini-documentary Movies
  • In-depth Written Interview
  • Movie Transcript
  • Bibliography
  • Links for Further Information


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Ashley Bryan Original Author Program

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In the first five-minute mini-documentary, Ashley Bryan

  • Describes Let it Shine as his "heart's soul work,"
  • Explains how the African American oral tradition informs his poetry and prose, and
  • Presents hand puppets made from neglected objects.
In the second three-minute mini-documentary, Bryan walks us through his technique from start to finish for making sea glass windows.



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About Ashley Bryan

Illustrator Ashley Bryan's books have won numerous awards and distinctions, including nine Coretta Scott King Book Awards. These two movies show Bryan in his in Little Cranberry Island, Maine studio.

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