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Kristiana Gregory (born 1951) is an American children's author. [1]Gregory grew up in a small town by the sea near Los Angeles with her parents and two younger siblings. Gregory is a popular author of children's historical fiction, including several for the Dear America and The Royal Diaries ser
Several poems look at the narrator’s parents — the poetry isn’t necessarily autobiographical — particularly one called “Drunken Monologue From an Alcoholic Father’s Oldest Daughter.”
On October 21, 2016, author Ringgold read her book on film for NPR. [4] On May 12, 2012, in a video for the Threads episode of Craft In America : PBS Documentary Series & Museum, Ringgold explained her artistic and technical process as well as her inspiration for creating Tar Beach' s illustrations, [ 5 ] which were original textile pieces ...
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement is a 2015 non-fiction and poetic children's book by written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Ekua Holmes. The book discusses the life of American civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977). Hamer was born to sharecropper parents in Mississippi ...
Harper was married and had a daughter, Rachel, who is also a writer, and two sons, Roland and Patrice. He later divorced. [5] He lived in Providence, Rhode Island until his death on May 7, 2016. [1] Harper had two children who died at birth, which inspired several of his early poems, including the famous "Nightmare Begins Responsibility." [5]
Letter consists of 28 short essays, which includes a few poems and a commencement address, and is dedicated to "the daughter she never had". [2] Reviews of the book were generally positive; most reviewers recognized that the book was full of Angelou's wisdom and that it read like words of advice from a beloved grandmother or aunt.
Frieda Rebecca Hughes (born 1 April 1960) [1] is an English-Australian poet and painter. She has published seven children's books, four poetry collections and one short story and has had many exhibitions. [2]
Almost Zero: a Dyamonde Daniel Book (2010), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie; Planet Middle School (2011) Halfway to Perfect (2012) Words with Wings (2013), Coretta Scott King Honor book; Chasing Freedom (2015), illustrated by Michele Wood; Poems in the Attic (2015), illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon; Garvey's Choice (2016)