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 ...

The collection includes the original cover of ‘The Lion and the Mouse’ and 39 related works of art from the book. When Isabel Ruiz Cano was in fifth grade in 2010, she loved Jerry Pinkney’s ...

2 THE GREAT GATSBY, THE SOUND OF MUSIC and More Set for 25/26 Broadway In Boston Season 3 THE MOUSETRAP, MATILDA And More Announced for Berkshire Theatre Group 2025 Season 4 Meri Stypinski ...

“Too few children’s books feature Black characters engaging with nature, and that was something we were both interested in changing,” Grimes said. The “we” refers to her and the late Jerry Pinkney, ...

Find Your Next Book Thrillers N.Y.C. Literary Guide Nonfiction Summer Preview Advertisement Supported by Children’s Books Dan Santat and the late Jerry Pinkney draw from life (literally) in ...

a chapter book written in the voice of the boy Jerry had once been. The memoir started with raw material Pinkney had assembled for the earlier project—“the chaos of memory,” Spooner called ...

Pinkney’s entire family was employed in the field of children’s books, often collaborating and critiquing each other’s work. “Jerry was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great ...

Children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who died on Oct. 20 at the age of 81, was a cultural touchstone. Whether he was illustrating tales about Reverend Martin Luther King or Black cowboys ...

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 ...

Children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who died on Oct. 20 at the age of 81, was a cultural touchstone. Whether he was illustrating tales about Reverend Martin Luther King or Black cowboys, I ...

American illustrator and writer Jerry Pinkney, who has died aged 81, was one of the first African American illustrators to break the colour barrier in children’s book publishing, paving the way ...