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Julius Lester

Julius Lester is a celebrated author whose accolades include a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award. He is also a National Book Award finalist, a National Book Critics Circle nominee, and a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. In addition to his critically acclaimed writing career, Mr. Lester has distinguished himself as a civil rights activist, musician, photographer, radio talk-show host, and professor. For 32 years he taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He lives in western Massachusetts.
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics)
To Be a Slave
John Henry
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales

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Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics)
To Be a Slave
John Henry
From Slave Ship to Freedom Road
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales

Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal–Winning Illustrator, 1939–2021

Jerry Pinkney, one of the most heralded children’s book illustrators of all time, has passed away. The illustrator of more than one hundred books, he had the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honors and the winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal for The Lion and the Mouse. A titan in the

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