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Kadir Nelson

Kadir Nelson

Kadir Nelson is the widely acclaimed illustrator of many books for children, including Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award; Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life, written by Jerdine Nolen, which won the 2005 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. He is also the illustrator of Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan's Salt in His Shoes and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee's Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please. Mr. Nelson lives with his family in San Diego, California.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 26, 2010
...Kadir Nelson -- Will speak Saturday. Kadir Nelson is an illustrator of children's books, most of which feature African-American history. He has worked on more than 25 books, including 'Ellington...
Washington Post, February 3, 2010
...MAMA MITI By Donna Jo Napoli Illustrated by Kadir Nelson Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman. $16.99, ages 5-9 When Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, her Green Belt Movement had planted 30 million trees in Africa...
Washington Post, February 3, 2010
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Fayetteville Free Weekly, January 28, 2010
...is a good book for an adult, too. I was very impressed by “We Are the Ship” by Kadir Nelson in audio. Yes, this is a picture book about Negro League baseball and the struggle of the players to gain recognition and to bust through racial lines. It’s...
Port Huron Times-Herald, January 20, 2010
...available at favorite bookstores. "Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson" by Sharon Robinson, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Scholastic, 2009, 40 pages, $16.99 hardcover...
USA Today, January 20, 2010
...as tropical rain forests. Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson By Sharon Robinson, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Scholastic, 40 pp., $16.99, ages 7-10 The daughter of the man who broke baseball's color barrier weaves together two stories...
Houston Chronicle, January 18, 2010
...Graham; and 'We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,' produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Kadir Nelson and narrated by Dion Graham. Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for most distinguished beginning reader book'Benny and Penny in the Big...
Terrell Tribune, January 17, 2010
...the list offer history lessons, such as We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson and What to Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!,” by author Barbara...
Daily Sparks Tribune, January 2, 2010
...is a good book for an adult, too. I was very impressed by “We Are the Ship” by Kadir Nelson in audio. Yes, this is a picture book about Negro League baseball and the struggle of the players to gain recognition and to bust through racial lines....
Daily Nonpareil, December 31, 2009
...is a good book for an adult, too. I was very impressed by We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson in audio. Yes, this is a picture book about Negro League baseball and the struggle of the players to gain recognition and to bust through racial lines. Its a...
DVD Town, December 30, 2009
...Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad' (based on the book by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson). Together the stories have won 15 awards, including the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children´s Video, Caldecott Honor...
Trinidad Guardian, December 27, 2009
...way of having a collection of Willi Chen paintings. Each story is picture-perfect. 11. Testing the Ice by Kadir Nelson is my favourite picture book for readers below ten because of the brilliant way that it captures the essence of Jackie Robinson, a...
San Francisco Chronicle, December 25, 2009
...emblematic of her father's character in Testing the Ice: A True Story of Jackie Robinson, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Scholastic; 40 pages; $16.99; ages 4-8). She likens her dad's courage in testing the frozen lake near her childhood home so she and her...
Hutchinson News, December 17, 2009
...African-American Nikki Grimes consists of 23 poems featuring the sights and sounds of Christmas, each accompanied by a Kadir Nelson painting. Aileen Fisher has written some cute poems in 'Do Rabbits Have Christmas?' Of course, the season seems to bring...
Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2009
...comes artistically to life in Jim Murphy's 'A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom,' Kadir Nelson's 'We Are the Ship' about the Negro baseball leagues and Walter Dean Myer's historical fiction 'Sunrise Over Fallujah.' And I'm not sure...
Chicago Tribune, November 20, 2009
...Robinson moved his family out to Connecticut. The best thing about this book is that Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson can retell the story you do know — of Jackie Robinson’s color-barrier-breaking entry into Major League Baseball — as a way of...
Bradenton Herald, November 19, 2009
...east and west walls display noncommissioned paintings by Evans, who counts artists from Picasso to Maurice Sendak to Kadir Nelson, a contemporary artist and friend in California, as his inspirations...
The Item, November 16, 2009
...able to appreciate the literature. However, the shining moment for this book lies within its illustrations created by Kadir Nelson. Colorful and expertly designed pictures and images that will capture any child's attention at story reading time are great...
Wicked Local Randolph, October 20, 2009
...read a lot at home. Her favorite book is, “Just the Two of Us,” by Will Smith and Kadir Nelson. Tarca said copies of the book were purchased through a grant from the local education fund, and resold to parents for $2. Because the club has started,...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 6, 2009
...baseball. 'All of my books are about overcoming obstacles.' The illustrations for 'Testing the Ice' were done by Kadir Nelson, an award-winning children's book illustrator and author. Baseball is a favorite subject for Nelson. This year, he became the...
PRWeb, August 7, 2009
...Agra Deedy, Liz Kessler, Jeff Kinney, Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, James Patterson, Jerry Pinkney, Rick Riordan, Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson, James L. Swanson and Jacqueline Woodson. The , the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, is the world's...
EMedia Wire, August 7, 2009
...Agra Deedy, Liz Kessler, Jeff Kinney, Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah, James Patterson, Jerry Pinkney, Rick Riordan, Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson, James L. Swanson and Jacqueline Woodson. The , the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, is the world's...
Broadcast Newsroom, July 13, 2009
...Yverne 'Pat' Moore. The 44-cent First-Class Anna Julia Cooper commemorative stamp features a portrait of her created by Kadir Nelson of San Diego, CA, who based his painting on an undated photograph. Nelson worked under the direction of Art Director...
Poten & Partners, June 11, 2009
...Yverne 'Pat' Moore. The 44-cent First-Class Anna Julia Cooper commemorative stamp features a portrait of her created by Kadir Nelson of San Diego, CA, who based his painting on an undated photograph. Nelson worked under the direction of Art Director...
Earthtimes.org, June 11, 2009
...Yverne "Pat" Moore. The 44-cent First-Class Anna Julia Cooper commemorative stamp features a portrait of her created by Kadir Nelson of San Diego, CA, who based his painting on an undated photograph. Nelson worked under the direction of Art Director...
Examiner.com, May 16, 2009
...for young people. (Avenue article, source) The couple followed up Please, Baby, Please with Please Puppy Please. Artist Kadir Nelson illustrated the books. The photo up top is featured at Blackosity.com, where the writer informs readers of Spike Lee's...
Reed Business Information, April 13, 2009
...Valley Forge by Russell Freedman; Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls; and We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson...
EURweb, April 10, 2009
...inductee into the Postal Service's Literary Arts series. Artwork for the 61-cent First-Class two-ounce stamp created by Kadir Nelson of San Diego, CA, features a portrait of Wright in front of snow-swept tenements on the South Side of Chicago, a scene...
New Jersey Online, April 1, 2009
...and lived there until his death at 52 in 1960. The stamp features a portrait of Wright by Kadir Nelson based on a 1945 photograph. He is shown in front of snowy tenements on Chicago's South Side, the setting of 'Native Son.' For more information, go to...
Hilltown Families, January 5, 2010
...Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad (based on the book by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson). Together the stories have won 15 awards, including the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video, Caldecott Honor...
ricklibrarian, December 23, 2009
...Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson Diego: Bigger Than Life by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Audiobooks The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell The Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg The...
A Patchwork of Books, December 21, 2009
...copy received from publisher Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson, illustrated by Kadir Nelson "When Jackie Robinson moves his family from New York City to Connecticut, the beautiful lake on their property is the center...
Book Dads, November 24, 2009
...her father are precious in their own right, it is the illustrations by two-time Caldecott Book Honor artist Kadir Nelson that really bring this story to life. The artwork, inspired by Jackie Robinson’s personal family photographs, are warm and...
MyBrownBaby, October 16, 2009
...the following MyBrownBaby readers—winners of "Testing the Ice," the beautiful new book by Sharon Robinson and illustrator Kadir Nelson. FROM RANDOM.ORG Here are your random numbers: 1 3 10 14 17 Timestamp: 2009-10-16 13:09:57 UTC Congratulations Terri...
MotherReader, September 28, 2009
...schedule in advance, but I had to make some very tough decisions. The Jeff Kinney signing or the Kadir Nelson reading? The signing for Judy Blume or Holly Black? The author session of Mo Willems or Rick Riordan? Ah! Gotcha there! Mo Willems, definitely....
MotherReader, September 24, 2009
...schedule in advance, but I had to make some very tough decisions. The Jeff Kinney signing or the Kadir Nelson reading? The signing for Judy Blume or Holly Black? The author session of Mo Willems or Rick Riordan? Ah! Gotcha there! Mo Willems, definitely....
Book Nut, September 4, 2009
...where would you go? Nim's Island (Wendy Orr) Your favorite form of transport: We Are the Ship (Kadir Nelson) Your best friend is . . . ? Permanent Rose (Hilary McKay) You and your friends are . . .? Stealing Heaven (Elizabeth Scott) What’s the...
Thmazing's Thutopia, August 17, 2009
...Dr. Sharon Moalem, finished August 6 073) We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson, finished August 6 072) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, finished July 29 071) The Left Bank Gang by Jason, finished July 22 070) The Juggler...
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mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, May 4, 2009
...I fell in love with this book, Coretta Scott, poetry by Ntozake Shange and Paintings by Kadir Nelson. "The illustrations", that's all I have to say, "the illustrations." They're mouth-watering, mind-blowing, so life-like but keep the simplicity that...
The Late Adopter, April 30, 2009
...1 , 2002. George Nelson, How to See: A Guide to Reading Our Man-Made Environment , 2003. Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson, Coretta Scott , 2009. DVDs: Martin Scorsese Collection , 2004. Time Bandits , 1981. Tokyo Story , 1953. The Wrestler , 2008...
Book Nut, April 21, 2009
...The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson ages: 8-12 First sentence: "Seems like we've been playing baseball for a mighty long time." I am not a baseball fan. I did not grow up in...
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...the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee, Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge, We are the Ship by Kadir Nelson, Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins, Pale Male by Janet Schulman and Meilo So, How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz, The Wall by Peter...
Pub Rants, April 10, 2009
...a title that sales was unsure of -- some felt, for instance, that WE ARE THE SHIP by Kadir Nelson was not obvious enough, even with the subtitle “The Story of Negro League Baseball.” Every day, editors and publishers do support the vision and...