{"product_id":"9781419741302","title":"The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lyrically told, exquisitely illustrated biography of influential Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The first thing I can remember,\" Ben said, \"I drew.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e As an observant child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw\n\u003cbr\u003e everything he sees—and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar \n\u003cbr\u003efor demanding workers' rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben \n\u003cbr\u003ebrings both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what's \n\u003cbr\u003eright. As he grows, he speaks for justice through his art—by disarming \n\u003cbr\u003eclassmates who bully him because he's Jewish, by defying his teachers' \n\u003cbr\u003einsistence that he paint beautiful landscapes rather than true stories, \n\u003cbr\u003eby urging the US government to pass Depression-era laws to help people \n\u003cbr\u003efind food and jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e In this moving and timely portrait, \n\u003cbr\u003eaward-winning author Cynthia Levinson and illustrator Evan Turk honor an\n\u003cbr\u003e artist, immigrant, and activist whose work still resonates today: a \n\u003cbr\u003etrue painter for the people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48263770767595,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":34.77,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781419741302-1.jpg?v=1781678617","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9781419741302","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}