Silent Days, Silent Dreams

James Castle was born two months premature on September 25, 1899, on a farm in Garden Valley, Idaho. He was deaf, mute, autistic, and probably dyslexic. He didn't walk until he was four; he would never learn to speak, write, read, or use sign language.

Yet, today Castle's artwork hangs in major museums throughout the world. The Philadelphia Museum of Art opened "James Castle: A Retrospective" in 2008. The 2013 Venice Biennale included eleven works by Castle in the feature exhibition "The Encyclopedic Palace." And his reputation continues to grow.

Caldecott Medal winner Allen Say, author of the acclaimed memoir Drawing from Memory, takes readers through an imagined look at Castle's childhood, allows them to experience his emergence as an artist despite the overwhelming difficulties he faced, and ultimately reveals the triumphs that he would go on to achieve.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 10/31/2017
ISBN: 9780545927611
Pages: 64
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.50w x 0.60d
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2017 pg. 175
Publishers Weekly 08/14/2017
School Library Journal 09/01/2017 pg. 164
Booklist 09/01/2017 pg. 90
BookPage 11/01/2017
Shelf Awareness 10/31/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2017 - Book Of Special Distinction
Shelf Awareness 12/19/2017
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2018 pg. 68
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 123 - Superior,Well Above Average

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