Who are these handsome author and illustrator gents? What about this father-son pair? This post is part of our “Guess who”? author and illustrator photo series. Click on the tag Guess who? to see all entries!
Five Questions for Dr. Robert Needlman of Reach Out and Read
March 21, 2013 By 2 Comments
It was exciting to realize that emergent literacy was a field that was not spoken of at all in the pediatric literature. Imagine that! A whole area of crucial child development which doctors seemed utterly unaware of. It was an opportunity that could not be passed up.
Gerald McDermott in Paris
January 14, 2013 By 9 Comments
During one of the last times Gerald was here in Paris, we went off hunting for an oyster restaurant. We finally found one in the Quartier Montorgueil on Rue des Petits Carreaux. The owner shipped oysters from his own farm on the Brittany coast so they were guaranteed to be fresh. We ordered a plate [...]
Three Mentors
November 8, 2012 By 3 Comments
I was illustrating before I knew what illustrating means. And I knew Hans Christian Andersen stories before I knew who he was. I was always drawing because I was a child growing up in the age before television, computers, and iPhones. I did not know anything about the size of my country or the politics [...]
Donald J. Sobol (1924-2012)
July 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Author Donald J. Sobol died on July 11, 2012, in Miami, Florida, at the age of eighty-seven. He is best known for his long-running and beloved boy detective series Encyclopedia Brown. The series was honored with a special Edgar Award in 1976 and inspired both a comic strip (1978-1980) and a television show (1989). Sobol’s [...]
Chris Raschka: The Habits of an Artist
June 29, 2012 By 7 Comments
Chris wakes up at five o’clock in the morning and prepares breakfast according to plan: Monday — eggs; Tuesday — cereal; Wednesday — oatmeal. At six thirty he wakes our son, Ingo, and after breakfast they eventually leave the house together. Ingo turns east to cross Central Park to go to school and Chris walks [...]
Jack Gantos: Seriously Funny
June 28, 2012 By 2 Comments
Jack Gantos knocks people out with his comedy. Literally. I know of two speaking gigs where he has done so. In each instance, Jack was riffing away in the spotlight at the front of a school auditorium, wowing the crowd with a spoken rendition of his short story “Purple” from Jack’s New Power: Stories from [...]
2012 CSK Illustrator Award Acceptance
June 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
By Shane W. Evans As I sit down to write this, I watch the sun fall below the horizon and my spirits rise. There is the sound of LIFE all around me: birds chirping, the roar of vehicles, the faint exchanges of words between neighbors, and children’s laughter in the air. I am encouraged and [...]
2012 CSK Author Award Acceptance
June 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Kadir Nelson Good morning. It’s a pleasure to be here with you to celebrate the work of African American authors and illustrators whose books have been chosen as the best of the best of 2011. I feel privileged to share the company of esteemed peers whom I have long admired. I have always considered [...]
2012 Coretta Scott King — Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Acceptance
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Ashley Bryan To be honored in the name of Virginia Hamilton, a person and artist I loved, opens personal feelings and the meaning of her lifetime achievement award. Virginia remains an ongoing inspiration in my life. I have recollections of time spent with her when the warmth and light of her personality enriched those [...]
