Works by
Floyd Cooper
(Illustrator, Writer)

• Jump! From the Life of Michael Jordan (2004)
  Michael Jordan was once just an ordinary little boy growing up in a North Carolina suburb, trying to keep up with his older brother Larry. Michael was always good at sports, but it seemed like Larry was always going to be bigger, quicker, and luckier. But Michael never gave up, and his practicing began to pay off. Then one summer day during a backyard game of one-on-one, Larry Jordan's "little" brother took him--and the whole family--by surprise!

  Based on actual events, this story of a friendly sibling rivalry is enhanced by Floyd Cooper's stunning two-tone art. Jump! even features a gate-fold depicting Michael Jordan's trademark leap that will send young readers soaring.

Illustrating for other Authors

Alan Schroeder

• Satchmo's Blues (1996)

Amy Littlesugar

• Freedom School, Yes! (2001)

• Shake Rag: From the Life of Elvis Presley (1998)

• Tree of Hope (1999)

Candy Dawson Boyd

• Daddy, Daddy, Be There (1995)

Deborah Eaton

• Petey (1992)

Denise Burden-Patmon

• Imani's gift at Kwanzaa (1992)

Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

• Chita's Christmas Tree (1989)

• Papa Tells Chita a Story (1995)

Eloise Greenfield

• Grandpa's Face (1988)

Fatima Shaik

• On Mardi Gras Day (1998)

Gerald Hausman

• Coyote Walks on Two Legs: A Book of Navajo Myths and Legends (1993)

Jacqueline Woodson

• Martin Luther King, Jr., and His Birthday (1990)

• Sweet, Sweet Memory (2001)

James Haskins and Kathleen Benson

• African Beginnings (1998)

Jane Kurtz

• Almaz and the Lion (1998)

• Pulling the Lion's Tail (1995)

Jane Yolen

• Miz Berlin Walks (1997)

Jean Merrill

• The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth- Century Tale from Japan (1992)

Jim Haskin

• Bound for America (1999)

Joyce Carol Thomas

• Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea: Poems (1993) -- Winner of the 1994 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

• Gingerbread Days: Poems  (1995)

• I Have Heard of a Land (1997)

Judith Gorog

• Tiger Lily (1994)

Karen Lynn William

• When Africa Was Home (1991)

Kathryn D. Jones

• Happy Birthday, Dr. King! (1994)

Kathryn O. Galbraith

• Laura Charlotte (1990)

Margaret Davidson

• The Story of Jackie Robinson, Bravest Man in Baseball (1988)

Michael Sampson

• Caddie the Golf Dog (1999)

Monalisa DeGross

• Arabbin' Man (1996)

• Grandaddy's Street Songs (1999)

Nancy Lamb

• One April Morning: Children Remember the Oklahoma City Bombing (1996)

Nikki Grimes

• Meet Danitra Brown (1994) -- Winner of the 1995 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

• Danitra Brown Leaves Town (1996)

Patricia C. McKissack

• Ma Dear's Aprons (1997)

Robert Miller

• Cowboys (1999)

• Mountain Men (1999)

• Pioneers (1999)

• Reflections of a Black Cowboy (1998)

• Buffalo Soldiers (1999)

Sandra Belton

• From Miss Ida's Porch (1993)

Virginia Hamilton

• Jaguarundi (1995)

Virginia L. Kroll

• Faraway Drums (1996)

Virginia M. Fleming

• Be Good to Eddie Lee (1993)

Wade and Cheryl Hudson

• How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children (1995)

Wade Hudson

• Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children (1993)

Will Smith

• Just The Two Of Us (2001)

Ziporah Hildebrandt

• Sea Girl and the Dragon King: a Chinese Folktale (1998)