Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, author portrait
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Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson is the author of many books for children, including Almost to Freedom, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book. She was the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. She works as a librarian in New Mexico, where she lives with her husband.
Ready? Set. Puppies! (Raymond and Roxy)
Ready? Set. Rides! (Raymond and Roxy)
Ready? Set. Birthday! (Raymond and Roxy)
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington
Who Will I Be Lord?
Ready? Set. Raymond!(Raymond and Roxy)

Books

Ready? Set. Puppies! (Raymond and Roxy)
Ready? Set. Rides! (Raymond and Roxy)
Ready? Set. Birthday! (Raymond and Roxy)
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington
Who Will I Be Lord?
Ready? Set. Raymond!(Raymond and Roxy)

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