Keith Negley

Once upon a time (but not that long ago), girls only wore dresses. And only boys wore pants. Until one day, a young girl named Mary had an idea: She would wear whatever she wanted. And she wanted to wear pants! --from Amazon.

A young boy tries to imagine his dad as the cool guy who once played in a band, rode a motorcycle, and got tattoos before he became a father.

"...a... picture book biography of modern art icon Keith Haring, celebrating the ways his life embodied the message: art is for everyone."-- Keith Haring believed that art should be enjoyed by everyone. When he first moved to New York City, he found the subways decaying and dreary-- and decided that they needed illuminating and radiating art. Brown follows Haring's work and message: Art is life, and Life is art. -- adapted from front flap