The celebrated illustrator Jerry ... Pinkney suffered a heart attack today; he was 81. Pinkney was a legend in the world of children's publishing. He won a Caldecott medal for his 2010 picture ...

Adept at reimagining classic tales, he often made sure that his books included Black characters and themes. By Neil Genzlinger Jerry Pinkney, whose evocative illustrations won acclaim in bringing ...

"You cannot put out that terrible fire," he says ... Before he died, Jerry Pinkney had created a very small dummy book — full of detailed black and white sketches of the backs of animals ...

Reviewers reached for superlatives when they wrote about the work of Jerry Pinkney, whose elegant, gracefully drafted watercolor illustrations ... more than 100 books that celebrated Black life ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Pinkney, a prize ...

Pinkney was diagnosed with dyslexia and found that art was a great way of connecting with the stories his mother loved (Public domain) American illustrator and writer Jerry Pinkney, who has died ...

Jerry Pinkney, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-688-14320-6 Pinkney (The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories) applies his considerable talents to the smooth retelling and lush ...

In Philadelphia, Tuesday was Jerry Pinkney ... or illustrator for their work for young readers, and the 2016 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, honoring an author or illustrator whose books have made ...

Find Your Next Book ... the late Jerry Pinkney draw from life (literally) in their memoirs for young readers. By David Small According to an apocryphal story, the 19th-century French illustrator ...

A brave hummingbird does what she can to fight a fire in Sascha Alper's new book. It was one of the last projects illustrator Jerry Pinkney worked... Do what you can. A new kids' book shows how ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the ...