Stevie
by John Steptoe
2.0
Open LibraryFirst lines
One day my momma told me, "You know you're gonna have a little friend come stay with you."
One day my momma told me, "You know you're gonna have a little friend come stay with you."
About this book
A little boy named Stevie comes to visit. Robert an only child begrudgingly has to take little Stevie with him everywhere he goes. At first annoyed when it is time for Stevie to leave Robert misses him.
Themes & subjects
Spanish language materialsFriendshipFictionAfrican AmericansJuvenile fictionPicture books
First published 1969Setting
Brooklyn NY1960's
About the author
John Steptoe
1950 – 1989
John Lewis Steptoe, creator of award-winning picture books for children, was born in Brooklyn on September 14, 1950 and was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of that borough. He began drawing as a young child and received his formal art training at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. He was a student in the HARYOU-ACT Art Program and instructed by the highly recognized African American oil painter, Norman Lewis. He continued his studies at the Vermont Academy, where he was instructed by sculptor John Torres, and by William Majors, a painter acclaimed by the Museum of Modem Art for his etchings and printmaking. His work first came to national attention in 1969 when his f…
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