Parker Looks Up by Parker Curry, Jessica Curry, and Brittany Jackson
Non Wels
Written by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Illustrated by Brittany Jackson
Published by Simon and Schuster (2019)
2022-2023 Nominee - Primary
Synopsis
When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sherald’s transcendent portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery, she didn’t just see the First Lady of the United States. She saw a queen—one with dynamic self-assurance, regality, beauty, and truth who captured this young girl’s imagination.
When a nearby museum-goer snapped a photo of a mesmerized Parker, it became an internet sensation. Inspired by this visit, Parker, and her mother, Jessica Curry, tell the story of a young girl and her family, whose trip to a museum becomes an extraordinary moment, in a moving picture book.