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Parker looks up by parker curry6/27/2023 ![]() ![]() Parker Looks Up follows Parker, along with her baby sister and her mother, and her best friend Gia and Gia's mother, as they walk the halls of a museum, seeing paintings of everyone and everything from George Washington Carver to Frida Kahlo, exotic flowers to graceful ballerinas. Apparently the photo of two-year-old Parker Curry went viral. I didn’t know anything about this photo, but I was so taken by the book, I did a little research. ![]() Celebrity OTE Screen Kings Daniel Kaluuya. ‘Parker Looks Up’ is a delightful picture book, based on a photo taken by Ben Hines at the National Portrait Gallery in 2018. 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. Little Parker Curry captured America's heart after a photo of her standing in front of Amy Sherald’s portrait of the former first lady went viral. When a nearby museum-goer snapped a photo of a mesmerized Parker, it became an internet sensation. She saw a queen-one with dynamic self-assurance, regality, beauty, and truth who captured this young girl's imagination. 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. ![]() A visit to Washington, DC's National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curry's young life when she views First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait. By Parker Curry & Jessica Curry, illustrated by Brittany Jackson When Parker Curry came face-to-face with Amy Sheralds transcendent portrait of First Lady. ![]()
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