Floyd Cooper

Floyd Cooper

  • 4 stars across 27 books
Floyd Cooper (www.floydcooper.com) always dreamed of becoming an artist, and he has now illustrated dozens of books for children, including Jump! (From the Life of Michael Jordan) , Back of the Bus , and Max and the Tag-Along Moon . He received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land . He lives in New Jersey with his family. Follow him on Twitter @floydcooper4.
1st October 1995

Pulling the Lion's Tail

Her grandfather finds a clever way to help an impatient young Ethiopian girl get to know her father's new wife.... MorePulling the Lion's Tail

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4th October 2004

Mississippi Morning

Amidst the economic depression and the racial tension of the 1930s, a boy discovers a horrible secret of his father's in... MoreMississippi Morning

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13th November 2009

Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation

A self-taught young slave astonishes his fellow prisoners by reading aloud the newspaper account of Lincoln's new emanci... MoreBen and the Emancipation Proclamation

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1st February 2010

A Beach Tail

How will Gregory find his way back to Dad?Swish-swoosh ...Gregory draws a lion in the sand. "Don't go in the water, and ... MoreA Beach Tail

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1st September 2003

A Child is Born

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15th February 2007

Tough Boy Sonatas

The darkness--and the goodness--in the lives of the young men of Gary, the armpit-city of Chicago, cries out in this poe... MoreTough Boy Sonatas

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1st March 2012

Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion

Here is a story of Alice Coachman, the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal.When Alice Coachman was... MoreQueen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion

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