“A great American hero comes fully to life in this epic retelling filled with glorious, detailed watercolors.
“Another winning collaboration from the master storyteller and gifted artist of Tales of Uncle Remus fame.” - School Library Journal The story is told with rhythm and wit, humor and exageration, and with a heart-catching immediacy that connects the human and the natural world. * “This is a tall tale and heroic myth, a celebration of the human spirit. Jerry Pinkney lives with his wife, author Gloria Jean Pinkney, in Westchester County, New York. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the country, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Schomburg Center, and the Norman Rockwell Museum. Postal Service Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee. Recently a member of the National Council of the Arts and inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has also served on the U.S. He has won the Caldecott Medal and five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. Jerry Pinkney is one of America’s most admired children’s book illustrators.
For thirty-two years he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Lester has distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr.
He is also a National Book Award Finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Julius Lester is a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award.
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