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Jerry Pinkney, author portrait

Jerry Pinkney

Jerry Pinkney was one of America’s most acclaimed illustrators. He won the Caldecott Medal and five Caldecott Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Awards, the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Show Lifetime Achievement Award, and many other prizes and honors. His long list of celebrated titles includes Mirandy and Brother Wind, The-All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion & The Mouse. Jerry's work has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Schomburg Center, the Norman Rockwell Museum, and many more.
The Littlest Drop
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
The Christmas Boot
Puss in Boots
In the Forest of Your Remembrance
Three Little Kittens
The Moon Over Star
Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics)
The Little Red Hen
The Little Match Girl
Minty
John Henry
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales
Back Home
Mirandy and Brother Wind
The Talking Eggs
The Patchwork Quilt

Books

The Littlest Drop
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
The Christmas Boot
Puss in Boots
In the Forest of Your Remembrance
Three Little Kittens
The Moon Over Star
Tales of Uncle Remus (Puffin Modern Classics)
The Little Red Hen
The Little Match Girl
Minty
John Henry
Uncle Remus: the Complete Tales
Back Home
Mirandy and Brother Wind
The Talking Eggs
The Patchwork Quilt

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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