Kadir Nelson

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Kadir Nelson won the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor for Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. He received Caldecott Honors for Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he also garnered a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and won an NAACP Image Award. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Nelson's authorial debut, We Are the Ship, was a New York Times bestseller, a Coretta Scott King Author Award winner, and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book. He is also the author and illustrator of the acclaimed Baby Bear.
19th November 2001

Brothers of the Knight

Debbie Allen's contemporary retelling of the classic tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with illustrations fro... MoreBrothers of the Knight

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21st January 2013

Nelson Mandela

In this picture book biography, award-winning author and illustrator Kadir Nelson tells the story of Mandela, a global i... MoreNelson Mandela

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2nd January 2013

Nelson Mandela

One day when Nelson Mandela was nine years old, his father died and he was sent from his village to a school far away fr... MoreNelson Mandela

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3rd March 2015

If You Plant a Seed

If you plant a carrot seed ...a carrot will grow. If you plant a lettuce seed ...lettuce will grow. But what happens if... MoreIf You Plant a Seed

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5th September 2019

Nelson Mandela

This stunning picture book biography of Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson is a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor aw... MoreNelson Mandela

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8th January 2008

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

"We are the ship; all else the sea."-Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National LeagueThe story of Negro League baseball... MoreWe Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

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14th January 2025

I Have a Dream

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12th March 2026

Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game

Award-winning creator Kadir Nelson delivers the perfect gift for basketball fans of any age-a beautifully illustrated hi... MoreBasket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game

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