Kadir Nelson

  • 5 stars across 18 books
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.
20th February 2020

The Undefeated

WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT MEDAL, THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD, THE KATE GREENAWAY SHADOWER'S CHOICE AWARD AND A NEWBERY HO... MoreThe Undefeated

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15th June 2017

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

An NAACP Image Award Nominee “In a word, stunning.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) The inspiring true story of environ... MoreMama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

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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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