Shadra strickland biography of martin luther

shadra strickland biography of martin luther

Shadra Strickland

Biography

Shadra Strickland (b) is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books. Her style is a whimsical blend of reality and imagination, creating stories in which children can see themselves. Strickland teaches illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and travels the country, conducting workshops and sharing her work with children, teachers, and librarians.[1]

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Strickland, an only child, was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother was an English teacher and her uncle was a social worker, so education and learning played important roles in her family’s life. As a child, Strickland enjoyed reading and spending time with her family.[2] She also loved drawing and painting, and always wanted to be an artist.

After graduating from Syracuse University where she studied design and illustration, Strickland returned to Atlanta to teach for a few years. As a teacher reading pic

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    Shadra Strickland (b) is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books.

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    Shadra Strickland (b) is an award-winning illustrator and author of children’s books.

Shadra Strickland – The African-American Children's Book Project

  • Shadra Strickland, an award-winning illustrator and teacher, studied at Syracuse University and the School of Visual Arts.

    • Shadra Strickland – Highlights Foundation

      Shadra Strickland won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for her picture book, Bird.
    In 1962, he was the first African American to be published as both the author and illustrator of a children's book.
    Shadra Strickland, an award-winning illustrator and teacher, studied at Syracuse University and the School of Visual Arts.
    For our lessons this week, we're reading the biography Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Bandy and Eric Stein and illustrated by Shadra Strickland.

    Shadra Strickland - Painted Words, carousel

  • Shadra Strickland, Melissa Sweet, and Raúl the Third, illustrate the words of civil rights leaders who inspired them and talk about why.

    • Shadra Strickland – Expect the Miraculous

  • In , he was the first African American to be published as both the author and illustrator of a children’s book.
    • Shadra Strickland - Books, Biography, and Author Information ...

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      In , he was the first African American to be published as both the author and illustrator of a children’s book.

    Shadra Strickland | The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

  • In this memoir, Martin Luther King Jr.'s son gives an intimate look at the man and the father behind the civil rights leader.