Oh, oh, oh. I want to get my hands on everything Kadir Nelson has ever illustrated now. I love the energy of the drawings.

Having read this small book, Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit, I’m filled with a renewed feeling of hope as I’m reminded of the wonder and inspiration that was embodied in President Barack Obama. The combined artistry of my favorite illustrator, Kadir Nelson, with words from the greatest living president, make this book a treasured keepsake and also an important resource, much like a well when a cool sip of water is what’s needed to quench a thirst.

A mediocre look at a momentous historical point...,I ordered this book with excitement. President Obama's election, whether or not you like him, marks significant change for our country that, despite party lines, cannot be quelled; we have our first black President and this is important.This book was going to be something that I shared with my daughters. A means of explaining the importance of the election, to explain the importance of the movement that changed the course of events in our countr...

I preorded this book from Amazon in December right after I read in PW about ti crashing. I was really interested to see how Kadir's art translated as sketches instead of paintings. It showed up on my door step less than 2 weeks later and almost a month before it's official publication date. I can't tell if this was a mistake by Amazon, but it also seemed almost impossible considering how long it takes a printers to print a bind a book. Oh well, it's beautiful! I love the design, and the size of

Kadir Nelson is one of my favorite illustrators, and as an Obama supporter, I gave this book for Christmas gifts. Of course, given the rush publishing job (Nelson did the drawings to Obama's words after the election), the books arrived AFTER Christmas. Those who want to celebrate this historic time will appreciate this book.

I hadn't heard a thing about this, had only seen Kadir Nelson's drawing of Obama on his Facebook Profile. What a gorgeous little book! I love that it was spontaneously done on election night, and that they were able to rush it in to print so quickly, pretty much by the time of the inauguration. Just beautiful, unique, and very moving. My first 2009Favorite!

I am really enjoying Kadir Nelson's work. This is different from his paintings for Coretta Scott. But the sketches work well matched with the words of Barak Obama. A quick read that can easily be used in a classroom.

Celebrated children's illutrator and author Kadir Nelson takes some of President Obama's most powerful speeches and weaves together a story of change. All of the words are Obama's and Nelson's free-flowing pencil drawings create an inclusive and beautiful historical document of the 2008 election.Nelson writes in the back that "These very spontaneous drawing serve as a document to preserve and celebrate our great American achievement, and our new American president. I hope the artwork will remind...

a lasting reminder kept in a little book...nice

A beautiful little book in which artist Kadir Nelson illustrates choice words of inspiration by President Barack Obama. Even reading it in November of 2017, his words still move me. And these gorgeous simple drawings help express Obama's powerful ideas.

Like millions of others I watched the inauguration from my computer at work. By the end there were about 10 of us crowded into my office, listening to the inspiring words of our new president. I'm amazed at the excitement behind his election, how it seems to have given so much hope to so many people. And not just here in America, but all over the world. And that's what this little book is all about. It's a little more than pocket-sized and a mere 62 pages, but it's a celebration of the change em...

I am a sucker for good typography, so I was liking this book by page 1. ("The text for this book is set in Valeria Script and Cochin," the publisher info is kind enough to tell me.) The sketches are lovely, and the drawings of Obama are wonderfully rendered. The text is woven together from 5 different speeches Obama gave before he became president. Regardless of your politics, these words are bound to touch you. They made my eyes well up as I remembered the feelings of hope, peace, unity he's be...

To commemorate the presidential election of Barack Obama, Kadir Nelson created this book in ten days. Unlike Nelson's other well-known illustrations, "Change Has Come" showcases a different style, and medium, that Nelson works with well: pencil. Each page showcases a pencil sketch of visuals from Barack Obama's inauguration, election, and even family and is accompanied by quotes directly from Barack Obama. The stroke marks vary in Nelson's sketches and some are more detailed than others, but, th...

The Artist's drawings in this book reflect on the quote "a picture is worth a thousand words." The book contains pictures with quotes and a limited amount of words, but each drawing tells a story. The books reflects on the struggle for equality for all people from diverse backgrounds. The words "This is our moment, This is our time"- in the book reminds me of how the struggle continues to unite a nation and move us toward a time when their will be justice for all.

A must read. The illustrations come alive! Such a beautiful message about the “audacity of hope”

I have loved having Barack Obama as my president. This book reminds me why. It's a quick read that captures how so many of us feel about President Obama. He will be missed.

In this book Kadir Nelson took excerpts from different speeches delivered by Barack Obama between 2004 and 2008 and blended them together in a way that captures the feelings of hope and promise that many Americans felt after he was elected for his first term. Nelson then added graphite sketches to each excerpt that brought the message contained in the words to life. This choice of media is a departure from Nelson’s traditional use of oil paintings in his illustrations. But the use of graphite a

Everybody here knows I'm a big old Kadir fanboy. This is not big news. What may come as a surprise is that this may be my new favorite book of his. This is surprising because, compared to the awesome artwork in We Are the Ship and Coretta Scott, Change Has Come is so simple. Nelson, in his own words, wanted to "try to save a little bit of the magic" of Election Night with his "spontaneous drawings." Talk about magic... Kadir's ridiculous talent spills off of every page. When added to Obama's wor...

I've been curious about the many books published for kids this year about Barack Obama, and when I saw this one with illustrations by Kadir Nelson, Coretta Scott King award-winner and one of my favorite artists, I was extra-excited. This book is unusual in that it's not a story or a biography per se, but more of a sketchbook that captures a feeling. The quotes in the book are all Obama's, and though the sketches are wonderful and heartfelt (I'm amazed that in the cover drawing, you can look at t...

Ok, here's a warning: I may be getting on my political soapbox for a minute. This brief book (it only takes about 10 minutes to read) is a collection of quotes from Barack Obama, from various points during his presidential run, and some great illustrations to go with them. Personally, I find the new president very inspiring and I truly do hope that he can make good on all he has promised to this country. I really enjoyed the handful of quotes and will probably jot them down to remember later. Wh...