These are two of four illustrations that I recently did for READ Magazine. The story, "Warriors Don't Cry", is about Melba Patillo - one of the Little Rock Nine - a group of African-American students that were intigrated into the all-white Little Rock High School in 1957. 
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Just when I was thinking Dizzy was old news I receive an email from a former teacher Monica Wellington telling me that Booklist has chosen Dizzy as one of it's Top 10 Arts Books for 2007.
I just received news that Cheryl Klein from Scholastic wrote about the snowflake that I created for Robert's Snow on her blog.
This image is of Lauryn Hill. It also got me the contract to illustrate Powerful Words. At the time I used mostly gouache and tempera.
This image was inspired by the story of the Little Prince. It was painted mostly in oils.
Sunday was a beuatiful day, a bit windy and later it got cold, but I had fun meeting people and signing copies of Dizzy 
This is Isaiah with another one of his best friends Natalia, daughter of Paul Dubois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender
I'll be taking part in this Halloween event hosted by the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens this Sunday. Come out and get a signed copy of Dizzy or How We Are Smart. I will also have limited editions prints for sale as well as lots of free postcards. Also, appearing will be some of my other favorite Brooklyn children's book illustrators and authors: Besides us illustrator and authors there will be workshops on making recycled instruments from junk, live music including Slavic Soul Party and Audra Rox and much more fun for the whole family. Visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden website for more info. http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2007/ghoulsandgourds/
This is a book that I finished illustrations for this Summer. The book is set to come out in March 2008. It's about the poet Phillis Wheatley. She was one of the first published African American poets. Because she was young and a slave, people questioned the authenticity of her work and she was asked to present her poems before a group of scholars. Catherine Clinton is the author. Houghton Mifflin is the publisher.
This was a nice oppurtunity to illustrate a story about a young woman which up to this point I had not and Phillis Wheatley was very fun to draw.
I was also drawn to the story because most of it takes place while she is on the way to her exam. It reminded me of growing up and taking long walks to and from school. I loved walking through my home town. One of the amazing things was that one could walk for 30 minutes or more and barely see another person before reaching their destination. I imagined Phillis's walk to be something like this.
