Our Authors and Illustrators

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  • Eddie Flotte

    Eddie Flotte is originally from Philadelphia but now lives in Maui. He owns a gallery where all his paintings are on display to an ever-growing and appreciative audience. He is...
  • Josie Fonseca

    Josie Fonseca was born in Sinton, Texas. After a career as a respiratory therapist, Josie became a full-time mom and writer. Josie enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and baking....
  • George Ford

    George Ford is an award-winning artist who has illustrated dozens of children’s books, including several by noted authors such as Nikki Grimes, Eloise Greenfield, Nikki Giovanni, and Robert Coles. In...
  • Bernette Ford

    Bernette Ford of African American and Russian descent, wrote her first poem at age six. It was called “My Black Kitten.” An avid reader as a child, she worked as...
  • Ruth Forman

    Ruth Forman is a prize-winning poet, author, and friend of words. She still loves to sit on brownstone steps and her favorite time is summer dusk, right after dinner when...
  • Fourteen Artists

    Tomie Arai, Enrique Chagoya, Carmen Lomas Garza, Maya Christina Gonzalez, Nancy Hom, George Littlechild, Stephen Von Mason, Rodolfo Morales, Mira Reisberg, JoeSam., Elly Simmons, Daryl Wells, Michele Wood, Hideo Yoshida...
  • John Frank

    John Frank‘s books include The Toughest Cowboy: or How the Wild West Was Tamed, about which a School Library Journal starred review said, “Tall tales this enjoyable are hard to...
  • Laura Freeman Hines

    Laura Freeman has illustrated more than thirty picture books, including the picture-book edition of Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, which won both the NAACP Image Award and a Coretta...
  • Rubí Fuentes

    Rubí Fuentes and Efraín Broa are master artisans. Efraín is well known for his elegant figures and Rubí for her delicate and detailed painting. They are members of one of...
  • Lynn Gaines

    Lynn Gaines loves creating characters, storytelling, and picture making. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, she spent her childhood drawing and making doll clothes–following in her mother’s footsteps, as she...
  • Felipe Galindo

    Felipe Galindo is an illustrator, cartoonist, and animator whose work has appeared in numerous publications, film festivals, and exhibits around the world. He is the recipient of the Media Arts...
  • Daniel Galvez

    Daniel Galvez has been creating public murals since 1976. His photo-realist style and focus on the strength of the human spirit have earned him numerous awards and national recognition. His...
  • Maria Garcia

    Maria Garcia was born in Kennedy, Texas in 1944. When she wrote this story, she lived in San Jose, California and worked in Oakland for the Comité de México y...
  • Adriana M. Garcia

    Adriana M. Garcia is a visual artist, a muralist, and an illustrator. She is the recipient of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award for Where Wonder Grows and a Pura Belpré...
  • Gerónimo Garcia

    Geronimo Garcia is an internationally recognized graphic designer and the illustrator of Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s picture books A Gift for Papa Diego and The Dog Who Loved Tortillas. He hand-crafted...
  • Gerónimo Garcia

    Geronimo Garcia is an internationally recognized graphic designer and the illustrator of Benjamin Alire Sáenz’s picture books A Gift for Papa Diego and The Dog Who Loved Tortillas. He hand-crafted...
  • Laleña Garcia

    Laleña Garcia has been teaching children in New York City since 2000, and educators across the country since 2017. How We Can Live grew out of her work with Black...
  • David Gardner

    David C. Gardner grew up loving picture books, puppets, and cartoons, and now has three decades of experience as a professional illustrator. He’s been the illustrator of many books for...
  • David Gardner

    David C. Gardner grew up loving picture books, puppets, and cartoons, and now has three decades of experience as a professional illustrator. He’s been the illustrator of many books for...