Title Jacob Riis's camera : bringing light to tenement children / Alexis O'Neill ; illustrated by Gary Kelley.

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New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JB RIIS	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 362.5 RIIS	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Biography	JB RIIS	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, black and white photographs ; 29 cm
Note	Includes glossary, timeline, source notes, and more.
Summary	"Jacob Riis was familiar with poverty. He did his best to combat it in his hometown of Ribe, Denmark, and he experienced it when he immigrated to the United States in 1870. Jobs for immigrants were hard to get and keep, and Jacob often found himself penniless, sleeping on the streets or in filthy homeless shelters. When he became a journalist, Jacob couldn't stop seeing the poverty in the city around him. He began to photograph overcrowded tenement buildings and their impoverished residents, using newly developed flash powder to illuminate the constantly dark rooms to expose the unacceptable conditions. His photographs inspired the people of New York to take action. Gary Kelley's detailed illustrations perfectly accompany Alexis O'Neill's engaging text in this STEAM title for young readers." --Amazon.com.
Subject	Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914 -- Biography.
	Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Social reformers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Photojournalists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Photography -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Children -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	Immigrants -- Housing -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Urban poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile literature.
	Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
	Tenement houses.
	Photography -- New York (State) -- New York.
	Children -- Housing.
	Immigrants -- Housing.
	Urban poor.
	Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914. (OCoLC)fst00052670
	Children -- Housing. (OCoLC)fst00854997
	Immigrants -- Housing. (OCoLC)fst00967744
	Photography. (OCoLC)fst01061714
	Tenement houses. (OCoLC)fst01147587
	Urban poor. (OCoLC)fst01162512
	New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01726789
	Picture books.
Added Author	Kelley, Gary, 1945- illustrator.
	Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914, photographer.
ISBN	9781629798660 (hardcover)
	1629798665 (hardcover)

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