SuitabookJake makes a world
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
- Reading
- Pause over the illustrations and invite the reader to pick out visual details before talking about how an artist might transform what they notice.
- Themes
- Everyday observation and art: Jake draws inspiration from the colours, patterns, people and sensory details of his surroundings, then transforms his everyday world through art. The story presents a clear link between noticing one’s surroundings and making art, without establishing a broader judgement about the community.
- Worth knowing
- Harlem and African American experience are central to the book’s artistic setting; its treatment of these subjects may be worth exploring together.