Jerry Pinkney
(1939 - 0)
Jerry Pinkney (born December 22, 1939) is an American illustrator of children’s books. He won the 2010 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Lion & the Mouse, a version of Aesop’s fable that he also wrote. He also has five Caldecott Honors. He has five Coretta Scott King Awards, four New York Times Best Illustrated Awards (most recently in 2006 for Little Red Hen), four Gold and four Silver medals from the Society of Illustrators, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (John Henry, 1994). In 2000 he was given the Virginia Hamilton Literary award from Kent State University and in 2004 the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for outstanding contributions in the field of children’s literature.
For his contribution as a children’s illustrator, Pinkney was U.S. nominee in 1998 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children’s books.[
Bibliography
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (1989)
Blanche is treated poorly by her family, but an act of kindness to a stranger yields its reward.
Tanya’s Reunion (1995)
Tanya helps her grandmother prepare for a family reunion and learns more about the farm grandma grew up on.
This Is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (1965)
A songbook for young children.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (2017)
Three goats, a bridge and a troll.
Three Little Kittens (2010)
Three little kittens have lost their mittens
And don’t know where to find them.
Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales (1979)
A collection of Native American myths and legends from oral tradition.
The Tortoise & the Hare (2013)
The tortoise wins again.
The Traveling Frog (1966)
A fat speckled frog tries to hitch a ride with the ducks to the warm south.
Turtle in July (1989)
A different animal for every month of the year.
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (1969)
A tale of twin witches: one very good; the other, horrible.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (2011)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
The Ugly Duckling (1999)
When one of the ducklings doesn’t match the rest of the hatchlings, he is shunned by the farmyard animals, until he discovers he belongs to a different family altogether.
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales (1999)
This omnibus includes all four of the previous Uncle Remus volumes by the collaborators.
Julius Lester
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (1987)
Anna explores the garden and plays in the pond with the frogs.
Wuthering Heights (1975)
The haunting love story of Heathcliff and Cathy.
Yagua Days (1975)
A young boy of Puerto Rican parentage living in New York visits his relatives in the Commonwealth.
The Year Around Book (1965)
A shape board book about the seasons.