Works by
Bryan Collier
(Illustrator, Writer)

• John's Secret Dreams (2004)
  Presents Lennon's life through a combination of narrative and song lyrics, cut-paper collage and watercolor art-capturing the energy and the essence of a man whose vision and creative genius continue to inspire people today.

• Freedom River (2000) by Doreen Rappaport
  Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.

• Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin King, Jr. (2001) by Doreen Rappaport
  In this elegant pictorial biography of Martin Luther King Jr., author Doreen Rappaport combines her spare, lyrical text with King's own words for an effective, age-appropriate portrayal of one of the world's greatest civil rights leaders. From King's youth, when he looked up to his preacher father and vowed one day to "get big words, too," to his death at a garbage workers' strike ("On his second day there, he was shot. He died."), Rappaport imbues the story with reverence. -- Amazon.com

Hope Lynne Price

• These Hands (1999)
  Illustrations and simple text describe some of the many things the hands of a young African American girl and her family can do.

Marian Wright Edelman

• I'm Your Child God: Prayers for Our Children (2002) by Marian Wright Edelman
  A collection of contemporary multicultural prayers, written for this book and intended to provide strong inner anchors and spiritual grounding.

Nadine Mozon

• Kiss It Up To God (2001)
  Poetry

Nikki Giovanni

• Rosa (2005)
  Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovannis evocative text combines with Bryan Colliers striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.

Willie Perdomo

• Visiting Langston (2002) by
  Its a special day when a little girl and her father go to visit the house where the great poet Langston Hughes livedespecially when the little girl is a poet herself! This rhythmic tale is a wonderful introduction to the work and world of Langston Hughes, who was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance and an American cultural hero.

Zora Neale Hurston

• What's the Hurry, Fox? (2004)
  Acclaimed anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist Zora Neale Hurston traveled the back roads of the rural South, collecting stories from men, women, and children in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana so that the spirit and richness of the oral storytelling tradition could be shared and preserved. What's the Hurry, Fox? is a sampling of stories from Every Tongue Got To Confess, Ms. Hurston's third volume of folktales collected from the Gulf states in the 1930s. They have been carefully adapted and shaped by National Book -- and Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Joyce Carol Thomas to appeal to the sensibilities of young readers. Caldecott Honor -- and Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist Bryan Collier adds his unique vision with collages that capture the rich heritage and rural community setting of the stories that are Ms. Hurston's legacy to us.

Fiction

• Uptown (2000) -- Winner Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; winner 2001 Ezra Jack Keats Award for New Illustrator
  Uptown is a rich mix of flavors, colors, sounds, and cultures that come together to create a vibrant community like no other in the world. Seen through the eyes of one little boy who lives there, the details of life in Harlem are as joyous as a game of basketball on a summer's afternoon and as personal as a trip to the barbershop where old-timers reminisce. Bryan Collier's spare, poetic text and beautiful, intricate illustrations evoke every aspect of Harlem, from the legendary Apollo Theater to chocolate-colored brownstones, weekend shopping on 125th Street, and the music of Duke Ellington.