Young Hoosier Book Award Marshall Taylor could ride his bike forward, backward, even perched on the handlebars.
Visit James at JamesRansome.com.
Ransome teaches illustration at Pratt Institute and lives in upstate New York with his family.
Mr.
Some of their titles include Game Changers: The Story of Venus Serena Williams , which received four starred review and was an ALA Notable book
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle\'s Journey to Alvin Ailey ; and Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass .
He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome.
His other award-winning titles include the Coretta Scott King winner The Creation
Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed\'s Barbershop
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt ; and Let My People Go , winner of the NAACP Image Award.
Ransome\'s highly acclaimed illustrations for Before She Was Harriett received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor.
Learn more at LesaClineRansome.com James E.
She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York.
She is also the author of the novel Finding Langston , which received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award and five starred reviews .
About the Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of many award-winning and critically acclaimed nonfiction books for young readers, including Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle\'s Journey to Alvin Ailey ; and Before She Was Harriet .
Here is the story of a kid who turned pro at the age of eighteen, went on to win the world championship title just three years later, and battled racism and the odds to become a true American hero.
How little Marshall Taylor -- through dedication, undeniable talent, and daring speed -- transformed himself into the extraordinary Major Taylor is chronicled in this inspiring biography.
When his stunts landed him a job at the famous Indiana bike shop Hay and Willits, folks were amazed that a thirteen-year-old black boy in 1891 could be such a crackerjack cyclist.
Young Hoosier Book Award Marshall Taylor could ride his bike forward, backward, even perched on the handlebars
