Signs of Hope

By Mara Rockliff, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

Discover how a nun's art transformed messages into hope and changed lives forever.

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40 pages

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Bookroo's summary

In the vibrant 1960s, Sister Corita Kent, a nun and artist, revolutionized the art world with her colorful messages of love and justice. Her students learned to see the world anew, blurring the lines between life and art. As they embraced her teachings, they found adventure in imagination and play in work. Dive into this inspiring journey and see the world through an artist's eyes, where every moment holds the potential for discovery and change. Are you ready to see what you haven't seen before?

From the publisher

Signs of Hope is a picture book biography of groundbreaking artist, teacher, and Catholic nun Corita Kent from critically acclaimed author Mara Rockliff, with stunning full-color art from Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet. Let Corita teach you how to see the world in a whole new way! Sister Corita Kent, the “pop art nun,” burst onto the 1960s art scene with splashes of color and ad slogans transformed into messages of love, hope, peace, and justice. The art world would never be the same–and neither would the young people whose lives she changed. Join Corita’s students as they learn how to look at the world around them through an artist’s eyes. With Corita, work is play, imagination means adventure, and there is no line between life and art. Told with joy and energy by award-winning author Mara Rockliff and spectacularly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Melissa Sweet, Signs of Hope brings a revolutionary artist’s teachings–still fresh, still inspiring–to a new generation. As Corita told her students, “Be ready to see what you haven’t seen before!”

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