Another stunning picture book biography of a prominent twentieth-century African-American in the arts, from the creative team behind Alvin Ailey.Andrea Davis Pinkney has written several acclaimed picture books, works of non fiction, and novels. Her titles for middle-grade readers includeSolo Girl,Raven in a Dove House,Silent Thunder, andLet It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, a Coretta Scott King Honor winner. She is also the author of the picture booksAlvin Ailey;Duke Ellington(a Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book); andElla Fitzgerald, each illustrated by her husband and frequent collaborator, Brian Pinkney. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.
Brian Pinkney (www.brianpinkney.net) is the illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including the Caldecott Honor BooksDuke EllingtonandThe Faithful Friend, and the Coretta Scott King Award winnerIn the Time of the Drums.
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