Illustrators

=**Groundbreaking African American Illustrators**= =The Next Wave of African American Illustrators=
 * = [[image:mufaro's_beautiful_daughter.jpg]] || **John Steptoe**
 * Two Caldecott Honors
 * Two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, one honor
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters// (1988 Caldecott honor; 1988 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 64 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E 398.2 STE
 * //Mother Crocodile// (1982 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * Available through Marina ||
 * = [[image:moja_means_one.jpg]] || **Tom Feelings**
 * Two Caldecott Honors
 * Three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, one honor
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Moja Means One: A Swahili Counting Book// (1972 Caldecott honor)
 * 20 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E 511 FEE
 * //Jambo Means Hello: A Swahili Alphabet Book// (1975 Caldecott honor)
 * 17 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 496 FEE ||
 * = [[image:working_cotton.jpg width="178" height="137"]] || **Carole Byard**
 * One Caldecott Honor
 * One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, two honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Working Cotton// (1993 Caldecott honor; 1993 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 13 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E WIL
 * //Cornrows// (1980 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 16 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E YAR ||
 * = [[image:beautiful_blackbird.jpg width="175" height="183"]] || **Ashley Bryan**
 * Three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, five honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Beautiful Blackbird// (2004 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 18 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E 398.2 BRY
 * //Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals// (2008 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 21 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E 782.25 LET ||
 * = [[image:mirandy_and_brother_wind.jpg width="178" height="226"]] || **Jerry Pinkney**
 * One Caldecott Award Medal, five honors
 * Five Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, four honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Mirandy and Brother Wind// (1989 Caldecott honor; 1989 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 51 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E MCK
 * //The Talking Eggs// (1990 Caldecott honor; 1990 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 34 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E 398.2 SAN ||
 * = [[image:storm_in_the_night.jpg width="171" height="142"]] || **Pat Cummings**
 * One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, three honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Storm in the Night// (1989 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 26 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E STO
 * //My Mama Needs Me// (1984 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 2 copies available (one each at Greenbelt and New Carrollton), E Fiction W ||
 * = [[image:ashanti_to_zulu.jpg]] || **Leo and Diane Dillon**
 * Two Caldecott Award Medals
 * One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, five honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions// (1977 Caldecott winner)
 * 24 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 960 MUS
 * //Aida// (1991 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 7 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 782.1 P ||
 * = [[image:bigmama's.jpg width="175" height="139"]] || **Donald Crews**
 * Two Caldecott Honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Bigmama's//
 * 90 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E CRE
 * //Shortcut//
 * 18 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E CRE ||
 * = [[image:duke_ellington.jpg width="148" height="212"]] || **Bryan Pinkney**
 * Two Caldecott Honors
 * One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, two honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra// (1999 Caldecott honor; 1999 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 44 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J BIO Ellington P
 * //The Faithful Friend// (1996 Caldecott honor; 1996 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 11 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 398.2 SAN ||
 * = [[image:the_blacker_the_berry.jpg width="134" height="231"]] || **Floyd Cooper**
 * One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, three honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //The Blacker the Berry// (2009 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 23 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 811.54 Thomas
 * //I Have Heard of a Land// (1999 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 4 copies available (one each at Bowie, Largo-Kettering, Oxon Hill, and Suratts-Clinton), J T ||
 * = [[image:jazz.jpg width="128" height="185"]] || **Christopher Myers**
 * One Caldecott Honor
 * Three Coretta Scott King Honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Jazz// (2007 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 9 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, Adult Non-Fiction 781.65 MYE
 * //Harlem// (1998 Caldecott honor; 1998 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 1 copy available at Hyattsville, Y 811.54 Myers ||
 * = [[image:coming_on_home_soon.jpg width="146" height="215"]] || **E. B. Lewis**
 * One Caldecott Honor
 * One Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, three honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Coming on Home Soon// (2005 Caldecott honor)
 * 15 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E WOO
 * //Talkin' About Bessie// (2003 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 32 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 811.54 Grimes ||
 * = [[image:rosa.jpg width="148" height="213"]] || **Bryan Collier**
 * Two Caldecott Honors
 * Two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, three honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Rosa// (2006 Caldecott honor; 2006 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 32 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J BIO PARKS GIO
 * //Martin's Big Words// (2002 Caldecott honor; 2002 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 100 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, E BIO KING RAP ||
 * = [[image:moses.jpg width="150" height="162"]] || **Kadir Nelson**
 * Two Caldecott Honors
 * Two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, two honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom// (2007 Caldecott honor; 2007 Coretta Scott King winner)
 * 18 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J FIC WEA
 * //We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball// (2009 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 23 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J 796.357 NEL ||
 * = [[image:brothers_in_hope.jpg width="149" height="118"]] || **R. Gregory Christie**
 * Three Coretta Scott King Honors
 * Notable Picture Books about the African American experience:
 * //Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan// (2006 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 17 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J FIC WIL
 * //Only Passing Through// (2001 Coretta Scott King honor)
 * 16 copies available across PGCMLS Branches, J BIO Truth R ||