BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
Even as a child, Jackie Ormes loved to draw, as high school yearbook editor, her edition was full of cartoon characters based on her teachers and classmates. After high school, she moved to Pittsburgh where her character Torchy Brown was published in the Courier. After a long break which included classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, she created her now famous "Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger cartoon.
Montague's illustrations were sometimes in the style of comic panels, which I did not find appealing and it wasn't consistent. Sometimes the text was just in a box and read more like a description of the illustration. The story is all over the place, jumping from her professional experiences to her personal life, and back again. The author's note included a photograph of Ormes and an example of her work. Includes source material. Jackie Ormes is Black.
Lisa Librarian
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