Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment (A Parker Curry Book)

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment (A Parker Curry Book)

A New York Times bestseller!

A visit to Washington, DCâ€™s National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curryâ€™s young life when she views First Lady Michelle Obamaâ€™s portrait.

When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sheraldâ€™s transcendent portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery, she didnâ€™t just see the First Lady of the United States. She saw a queenâ€”one with dynamic self-assurance, regality, beauty, and truth who captured this young girlâ€™s imagination. When a nearby museum-goer snapped a photo of a mesmerized Parker, it became an internet sensation. Inspired by this visit, Parker, and her mother, Jessica Curry, tell the story of a young girl and her family, whose trip to a museum becomes an extraordinary moment, in a moving picture book.

Parker Looks Up follows Parker, along with her baby sister and her mother, and her best friend Gia and Giaâ€™s mother, as they walk the halls of a museum, seeing paintings of everyone and everything from George Washington Carver to Frida Kahlo, exotic flowers to graceful ballerinas. Then, Parker walks by Sheraldâ€™s portrait of Michelle Obamaâ€¦and almost passes it. But she stops...and looks up!

Parker saw the possibility and promise, the hopes and dreams of herself in this powerful painting of Michelle Obama. An everyday moment became an extraordinary oneâ€¦that continues to resonate its power, inspiration, and indelible impact. Because, as Jessica Curry said, â€œanything is possible regardless of race, class, or gender.â€

**FOREWORD BY ARTIST AMY SHERALD**
Country USA
Brand Aladdin
Manufacturer Aladdin
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber f-c matte lam jkt w-spot gloss and embos
ReleaseDate 2019-10-15
UnitCount 1
Format Picture Book
EANs 9781534451865

Country	USA
Brand	Aladdin
Manufacturer	Aladdin
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	f-c matte lam jkt w-spot gloss and embos
ReleaseDate	2019-10-15
UnitCount	1
Format	Picture Book
EANs	9781534451865

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment (A Parker Curry Book)

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