I'M GONNA PAINT: RALPH FASANELLA, ARTIST OF THE PEOPLE

$18.99 at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

The life of visionary folk artist and labor organizer Ralph Fasanella stunningly illustrated for picture book readers.Winner of the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's LiteratureWinner of the Silver Medal at the Society of Illustrators' Original Art ShowBorn in 1914 New York City to Italian immigrants, Ralph Fasanella’s youth was one of dress factories, union meetings, and Momma’s stories of the Bread & Roses Strike around the dinner table. By teaching himself how to paint, Ralph discovered he could…