Winner of the American Library Association's 2021 Asian/Pacific
American Award for Best Picture Book!
An inspiring picture-book biography of animator Tyrus Wong, the
Chinese American immigrant responsible for bringing Disney's Bambi to
life.
Before he became an artist named Tyrus Wong, he was a boy named Wong
Geng Yeo. He traveled across a vast ocean from China to America with
only a suitcase and a few papers. Not papers for drawing--which he loved
to do--but immigration papers to start a new life. Once in America,
Tyrus seized every opportunity to make art, eventually enrolling at an
art institute in Los Angeles. Working as a janitor at night, his mop
twirled like a paintbrush in his hands. Eventually, he was given the
opportunity of a lifetime--and using sparse brushstrokes and soft
watercolors, Tyrus created the iconic backgrounds of Bambi.
Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki perfectly capture the beautiful life and
work of a painter who came to this country with dreams and talent--and
who changed the world of animation forever.