Steptoe, John: - John Steptoe was born in Brooklyn.
Steptoe frequently spoke to audiences of children and adults about his wo.
By that I mean there are a great many others like me where I come from.
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I am not an exception to the rule among my race of people, he said, accepting the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Illustration, I am the rule.
Steptoe hoped that his books would lead children, especially African American children, to feel pride in their origins and in who they are.
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Steptoe for the first time to research African history and culture, awakening his pride in his African ancestry.
Based on an African tale recorded in the 19th century, it required Mr.
Steptoe\'s work deals with aspects of the African American experience, Mufaro\'s Beautiful Daughters was acknowledged by reviewers and critics as a breakthrough.
Steptoe twice received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, for Mother Crocodile (text by Rosa Guy) in 1982, and for Mufaro\'s Beautiful Daughters.
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The American Library Association named two of his books Caldecott Honor Books, a prestigious award for children\'s Book illustration: The Story of Jumping Mouse in 1985 and Mufaro\'s Beautiful Daughters in 1988.
Steptoe illustrated 15 more picture books, ten of which he also wrote.
Steptoe, who had begun work on Stevie at the age of 16, was then 18 years old.
In his 20-year career, Mr.
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He also studied at the Vermont Academy, where he was instructed by the sculptor, John Torres, and William Majors, a painter acclaimed by the Museum of Modem Art for his etchings and print-making.
His work first came to national attention in 1969 when his first book, Stevie, appeared in its entirety in Life magazine, hailed as a new kind of Book for black children.
He was a student in the HARYOU-ACT Art Program and instructed by the highly recognized African American oil painter, Norman Lewis.
He began drawing as a young child and received his formal art training at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan.
John Lewis Steptoe, creator of award-winning picture books for children, was born in Brooklyn on September 14, 1950 and was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of that borough.
Since then, he has written and illustrated many successful books for children.
He started work on Stevie, his first picture book, when he was sixteen, and Stevie was published three years later to outstanding critical acclaim.
From early childhood, he drew pictures and told stories with them.
Steptoe, John: - John Steptoe was born in Brooklyn
