Eloise Greenfield (born May 17, 1929) is an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience. After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950's while working in a civil service job. Since 1971, she has published more than 40 children's books, … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Black children's authors and illustrators
Friday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Christopher Dean "Chris" Myers is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. In 1998, Myers won a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Harlem. The following year, he wrote and illustrated Black Cat, a book that received a Coretta Scott King Award (2000).In addition to writing and illustrating his own stories, Myers often illustrates books written by his father … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Thursday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Andrea Davis Pinkney is a children's author and Coretta Scott King Award winner who writes about African-American culture. She is the author of more than 20 books and founder of the "first African American children's book imprint at a major publishing company": Jump at the Sun at Hyperion Books for Children, the Disney Book Group (now Disney Publishing Worldwide). She is also … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Jabari Asim (born August 11, 1962) is an author, poet, playwright, associate professor of writing, literature and publishing atEmerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and since August 2007, has been the Editor-in-Chief of The Crisis magazine, a journal of politics, ideas and culture published by the NAACP and founded by historian and social activist W. E. B. Du Bois in 1910. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Nikki Grimes (born October 20, 1950) is an American author of books written for children and young adults, as well as a poet and journalist. Grimes was born in Harlem, New York. In a conversation with a Reading Is Fundamental interviewer, she stated: "Books were my survival tools. They were how I got by, and how I coped with things. Books carried me away." … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Children’s Authors and Illustrators