Floyd Cooper (illustrator)
American illustrator of children's books
Floyd Cooper
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Born |
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1956-01-08
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January 8, 1956
Tulsa, OK |
Died |
July 15, 2021
(2021-07-15)
(aged
65)
Easton, PA |
Occupation | Author and Illustrator |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Children's picture books |
Notable works | Grandpa's Face by Eloise Greenfield |
Notable awards |
Coretta Scott King Award
4 Honors
American Library Association 10 Notables NAACP 2 Image Award Nominations |
Floyd Cooper (January 8, 1956 – July 15, 2021) was an American illustrator of children's books . He was based in Easton, Pennsylvania [1] and has worked with Jane Yolen , Nikki Grimes , Eloise Greenfield , Howard Bryant , Joyce Carol Thomas , Bill Martin Jr and many more. [2] He graduated from the University of Oklahoma . [3]
Personal
Floyd grew up in low income housing, in Tulsa, OK . In school his teacher's began to notice his illustrations and submitted his work to a scholarship committee. After Graduating from The University of Oklahoma, Floyd began to work for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City . He later moved to Manhattan where he struggled before he got his first contract with Penguin Books [4] Floyd's first illustrated book was published in 1988 and written by Eloise Greenfield .
Awards
Floyd was awarded a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, [5] for The Blacker the Berry a Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Honor, [6] a Golden Kite Award for A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream . [7] and a Charlotte Zolotow Award for Max and the Tag-Along Moon written by Floyd himself. [8] Laura Charlotte received a Parents' Choice Award and a School Library Journal Best Books citation. [9] [10]
Selected works
- Max and the Tag-Along Moon by Floyd Cooper (2013)
- The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas (2008)
- Grandpa's Face by Eloise Greenfield (1988)
- Jump! From the Life of Michael Jordan by Floyd Cooper (2004)
- Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas (1993)
- I Have Hear of a Land by Joyce Carol Thomas (1998)
- Caddie the Golf Dog by Michael Sampson and Bill Martin Jr (2002)
- The Ring Bearer by Floyd Cooper (2017)
- Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper (2015)
- Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes by Floyd Cooper (1994)
- Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes (1994)
- Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant (2018)
- A Dance Like Starlight by Kristy Dempsey (2014)
- Laura Charlotte by Kathryn O. Galbraith (Philomel, 1990) [11] [10]
- These Hands
- Ruth and the Green Book
- Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
- Brick by Brick
References
- ↑ "30 Second Bio" . Retrieved 11 Mar 2020 .
- ↑ "Floyd Cooper" . Retrieved 11 March 2020 .
- ↑ "Harper Collins Publisher" . Retrieved 11 Mar 2020 .
- ↑ "Grandpa's Face-Interview with Illustrator Floyd Cooper" . Retrieved 11 March 2020 .
- ↑ "Kadir Nelson, Floyd Cooper win 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Awards" . Retrieved 18 July 2021 .
- ↑ "The Coretta Scott King Book Awards" . Retrieved 11 March 2020 .
- ↑ "2015 Golden Kite Winners" . Retrieved 11 Mar 2020 .
- ↑ "Award Winning Books by Floyd Cooper" . Retrieved 11 Mar 2020 .
- ↑ "Kathryn O. Galbraith." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors . Gale, 2011. Gale Literature Resource Center . Accessed 5 May 2023.
- 1 2 "Kathryn O. Galbraith." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors . Gale, 2011. Gale Literature Resource Center . Accessed 5 May 2023.
- ↑ "Laura Charlotte by Kathryn O. Galbraith" . www.publishersweekly.com . Retrieved 2023-05-05 .
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