The life of modern artist Marc Chagall is celebrated in this highly original picture book, based loosely on the artist’s own autobiography.Loosely based on Marc Chagall's autobiography, Bimba Landmann’s first-person story offers readers a personal glimpse into the early life of one of the 20th century's most significant modern painters – from childhood, when he would daydream during prayers, to school, where he was distracted, and at home where he worried about his future – all to the ultimate realization of his artistic talent.I painted my world, my life, all the things I loved, all the things I dreamed of, all the things I could not say in words. I painted my beloved Russia, my hometown Vitebsk, the Jewish neighborhood where I grew up, the way I saw everything as a child.Landmann uses charming three-dimensional mixed-media illustrations to celebrate the colorful, the whimsical, and the extraordinary aspects of Chagall's life and work, his unusual way of looking at the world into color and shape.