“Nothing short of masterful.” “Stunningly beautiful.” “Luminous.” Reviewers reached for superlatives when they wrote about the work of Jerry Pinkney, whose elegant, gracefully drafted watercolor ...

Children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who died on Oct. 20 at the age of 81, was a cultural touchstone. Whether he was illustrating tales about Reverend Martin Luther King or Black cowboys, I ...

Children's book readers in Croton are mourning the death of illustrator and resident Jerry Pinkney that happened earlier this week. His wife says Pinkney died of a heart attack. He was 81 years old.

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Children’s book author and poet Nikki Grimes at the American Library Association’s 2023 Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 24. Photo: EPNAC Pluck a passage from the woods and you might almost ...

Dan Santat and the late Jerry Pinkney draw from life (literally) in their memoirs for young readers. By David Small According to an apocryphal story, the 19th-century French illustrator Gustave Doré ...

Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works including “The Lion and the Mouse” and “The Sunday Outing ...

Children's book illustrator Jerry Pinkney is busy moving his studio. The distance isn't far — the new studio is just across his yard in his house — but the amount of material he has to sift through is ...

Jerry Pinkney, whose evocative illustrations won acclaim in bringing more than 100 children’s books to life, many with Black characters or images of Black history and culture, died Wednesday in Sleepy ...

Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse” to “The Sunday ...