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  2. Jerry Pinkney - Wikipedia

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    Gloria Jean. Children. 4, including Brian. Jerry Pinkney (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. Pinkney's works addressed diverse themes and were usually done in watercolors.

  3. God Bless the Child (picture book) - Wikipedia

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    9780060287979. OCLC. 45230462. Includes cd of song by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. God Bless the Child is a 2003 picture book by Jerry Pinkney with the words and music of Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. It is about an African-American family moving from the rural Deep South to urban Chicago during the Great Migration .

  4. Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at 81 - AOL

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    “Jerry was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather whose impact influenced the creative endeavors of so many in our family,” his wife, the author Gloria Jean Pinkney, said ...

  5. The Grasshopper & the Ants - Wikipedia

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    862928754. The Grasshopper & the Ants, by Jerry Pinkney, is a 2015 adaptation of the classic Aesop fable where a grasshopper relaxes through Spring, Summer, and Autumn, while a colony of ants work at gathering food for the Winter, but although initially refusing the grasshopper's request for help, they relent and invite him in to share.

  6. Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at 81 - AOL

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    Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales The post Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at ...

  7. Back Home (Pinkney book) - Wikipedia

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    Back Home is a 1992 children's picture book by Gloria Jean Pinkney, illustrated by her husband Jerry Pinkney. Published in 1992 by Dial Press, it centers around the autobiographical story of a young girl, Ernestine, who visits her extended family in North Carolina where she was born. The prequel, The Sunday Outing, published in 1994, takes ...

  8. Home Place (Dragonwagon book) - Wikipedia

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    ISBN. 9780027331905. OCLC. 19739875. Home Place is a 1990 book written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney about a family who comes across the remains of a homestead and a girl who imagines what that family was like.

  9. In for Winter, Out for Spring - Wikipedia

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    9780152386375. OCLC. 21412368. In for Winter, Out for Spring is a 1991 picture book by Arnold Adoff and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is a collection of 28 poems about a girl, Rebecca, and her experiences with her family over a year.