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Jerry Pinkney
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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.
Author(s):
Robert D. San Souci
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Tanya’s Reunion (1995)
Tanya helps her grandmother prepare for a family reunion and learns more about the farm grandma grew up on.
Author(s):
Valerie Flournoy
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
This Is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (1965)
A songbook for young children.
Author(s):
Adeline McCall
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Three Billy Goats Gruff (2017)
Three goats, a bridge and a troll.
Author(s):
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Three Little Kittens (2010)
Three little kittens have lost their mittens
And don’t know where to find them.
Author(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Tales (1979)
A collection of Native American myths and legends from oral tradition.
Author(s):
Rosebud Yellow Robe
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Tortoise & the Hare (2013)
The tortoise wins again.
Author(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Traveling Frog (1966)
A fat speckled frog tries to hitch a ride with the ducks to the warm south.
Author(s):
Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Turtle in July (1989)
A different animal for every month of the year.
Author(s):
Marilyn Singer
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (1969)
A tale of twin witches: one very good; the other, horrible.
Author(s):
Irving Phillips
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (2011)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Author(s):
Jane Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
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.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales (1999)
This omnibus includes all four of the previous Uncle Remus volumes by the collaborators.
Author(s):
Joel Chandler Harris
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (1987)
Anna explores the garden and plays in the pond with the frogs.
Author(s):
Nancy White Carlstrom
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Wuthering Heights (1975)
The haunting love story of Heathcliff and Cathy.
Author(s):
Emily Brontë
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Yagua Days (1975)
A young boy of Puerto Rican parentage living in New York visits his relatives in the Commonwealth.
Author(s):
Cruz Martel
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Year Around Book (1965)
A shape board book about the seasons.
Author(s):
Helen Jill Fletcher
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney