What’s Special About Me, Mama?

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Javaka Steptoe es un artista, diseñador e ilustrador galardonado con la Medalla Caldecott y el Premio Coretta Scott King para Ilustradores. Su primer libro ilustrado, In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall, fue galardonado con el Premio Coretta Scott King para Ilustradores y Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow (escrito por Gary Golio) recibió una Mención de Honor del Premio Coretta Scott King. También ilustró Do You Know What I’ll Do? de Charlotte Zolotow, A Pocketful of Poems de Nikki Grimes, Amiri and Odette: A Love Story de Walter Dean Myers, Rain Play de Cynthia Cotten y Hot Day on Abbott Avenue de Karen English, el cual recibió el Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. Además, es el autor e ilustrador de The Jones Family Express así como de Radiant Child (El niño radiante), que fue galardonado con la Medalla Caldecott. Javaka te invita a visitar su sitio web: Javaka.com.

Javaka Steptoe is a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Illustrator award-winning artist, designer, and illustrator. His debut picture book, In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall, won the Coretta Scott King Award, and Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow (written by Gary Golio) received a Coretta Scott King Honor. He has also illustrated Do You Know What I’ll Do? by Charlotte Zolotow, A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes, Amiri and Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers, Rain Play by Cynthia Cotten, and Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by Karen English, which received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. He is also the author and illustrator of The Jones Family Express, as well as the Caldecott Medal-winning Radiant Child. Javaka invites you to visit his website at Javaka.com.

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