Kadir Nelson, author portrait
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Kadir Nelson

Kadir Nelson is the acclaimed illustrator of Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom and Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, both Caldecott Honor Books. His other titles include We Are the Ship, a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal winner and Coretta Scott King Award recipient, and Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African-Americans.
I Have a Dream
Blue Sky White Stars Bilingual Edition Edition)
Blue Sky White Stars
A Nation's Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
The Village that Vanished
A Strong Right Arm
Dancing in the Wings
Brothers of the Knight

Books

I Have a Dream
Blue Sky White Stars Bilingual Edition Edition)
Blue Sky White Stars
A Nation's Hope: the Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
The Village that Vanished
A Strong Right Arm
Dancing in the Wings
Brothers of the Knight

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