"Unflinchingly honest and jubilantly hopeful, this is nonfiction storytelling at its best." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Mention the civil rights era in Alabama and most people recall images of terrible violence.
He lives in Folsom, New Jersey..
Among his many honors are a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Talkin\' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes, as well as four Coretta Scott King Honor Awards.
Lewis is the illustrator of more than thirty books for children, including The Secret World of Walter Anderson by Hester Bass.
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Formerly residing in Huntsville, Alabama, she now lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
About the Author: Hester Bass is the author of the picture-book biography The Secret World of Walter Anderson , which won an Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, as well as the picture book So Many Houses, illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian.
This engaging celebration of a lesser-known chapter in American and African-American history shows how racial discrimination, bullying, and unfairness can be faced successfully with perseverance and ingenuity.
But for the citizens of Huntsville, creativity, courage, and cooperation were the keys to working together to integrate their city and schools in peace. "Unflinchingly honest and jubilantly hopeful, this is nonfiction storytelling at its best." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Mention the civil rights era in Alabama and most people recall images of terrible violence
