About the Author
Doreen Rappaport is the award-winning author of the Big Words picture book biography series, including the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor Book
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier;
Beacon of Hope: The Life of Barack Obama, illustrated by Tonya Engel;
Helen’s Big Words: The Life of Helen Keller, illustrated by Matt Tavares; and
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, illustrated by Eric Velasquez, among many others. She is the recipient of the
Washington Post Children’s Book Guild lifetime achievement award for the writing of nonfiction. Doreen lives in upstate New York and invites you to visit her online at doreenrappaport.com.
Cozbi A. Cabrera is the author and illustrator of
Me & Mama, which received a Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor and a Caldecott Honor, and
My Hair Is a Garden. Her illustrated titles include
Brown Girl, Brown Girl by Leslé Honoré,
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade, and
Chef Edna: Queen of Southern Cooking, Edna Lewis by Melvina Noel, among others. Her handmade cloth dolls (muñecas) are collected all around the world. She lives in Illinois with her husband and daughter.
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