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Jerdine Nolen

Jerdine Nolen
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Jerdine Nolen

Jerdine Nolen is the author of many award-winning books for children, including Raising Dragons, illustrated by Elise Primavera, which received the Christopher Award, and Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm, illustrated by Mark Buehner, winner of the Kentucky Bluegrass Award. She and Kadir Nelson collaborated on Thunder Rose, which School Library Journal called "a wonderful tale of joy and love" and Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life, which received the Society of Illustrators' Gold Medal. Jerdine Nolen lives with her family in Ellicott City, Maryland.

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The Olympian, February 19, 2012
...Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes. His nomination for Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running was his second such nomination in...
Tacoma News Tribune, February 19, 2012
...Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes.His nomination for �Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running� was his second such...
Explore Howard, February 3, 2012
...Jerdine Nolen, of Ellicott City, has written several children's books. In 2011, she published her first young adult novel, "Eliza's Freedom Road." (photo by Jen Rynda) X The...
CNN, January 25, 2012
...been honored by the committee – in 2004, he was honored for illustrations in "Thunder Rose," by Jerdine Nolen. He went on to win the illustrator award in 2005 for "Ellington Was Not a Street," by Ntozake Shange, and in 2007 for "Moses: When Harriet...
Indianapolis Recorder, January 25, 2012
...been honored by the committee -- in 2004, he was honored for illustrations in "Thunder Rose," by Jerdine Nolen. He went on to win the illustrator award in 2005 for "Ellington Was Not a Street," by Ntozake Shange, and in 2007 for "Moses: When Harriet...
Examiner.com, December 1, 2011
...s Historic Hotel Gunter between 8 and 9:30 a.m. and write letters to Santa. Local author Jerdine Nolen...
The Olympian, February 19, 2012
...Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes. His nomination for Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running was his second such nomination in...
Tacoma News Tribune, February 19, 2012
...Youth/Teens category on Friday at a ceremony in Los Angeles.He competed against four other authors: Kekla Magoon, Jerdine Nolen, Walter Dean Myers and Nikki Grimes.His nomination for �Jesse Owens: I Always Loved Running� was his second such...
Baltimore Sun, February 9, 2012
...Children's book author Jerdine Nolen remembers the first time she saw her name in print. As a second-grader she wrote a Thanksgiving poem that was published in the school newspaper, and she kept her...
Explore Howard, February 3, 2012
...Jerdine Nolen, of Ellicott City, has written several children's books. In 2011, she published her first young adult novel, "Eliza's Freedom Road." (photo by Jen Rynda) X The...
CNN, January 25, 2012
...been honored by the committee – in 2004, he was honored for illustrations in "Thunder Rose," by Jerdine Nolen. He went on to win the illustrator award in 2005 for "Ellington Was Not a Street," by Ntozake Shange, and in 2007 for "Moses: When Harriet...
Indianapolis Recorder, January 25, 2012
...been honored by the committee -- in 2004, he was honored for illustrations in "Thunder Rose," by Jerdine Nolen. He went on to win the illustrator award in 2005 for "Ellington Was Not a Street," by Ntozake Shange, and in 2007 for "Moses: When Harriet...
Channel4000, January 24, 2012
...been honored by the committee -- in 2004, he was honored for illustrations in "Thunder Rose," by Jerdine Nolen. He went on to win the illustrator award in 2005 for "Ellington Was Not a Street," by Ntozake Shange, and in 2007 for "Moses: When Harriet...