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Bryan Collier

BRYAN COLLIER is the author and illustrator of the Coretta Scott King Award-winning book Uptown. He received Caldecott Honors for the books Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport, which was also a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor book; and Rosa by Nikki Giovanni, which received the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. Mr. Collier lives in New York.

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Barack Obama has won an award
Jun 24, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Barack Obama
Jun 19, 2009
Audio Excerpt:
Barack Obama
Mar 19, 2009
News:
Barack Obama has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Jan 23, 2009
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Jan 22, 2009
Barack Obama is now available in eAudio
Jan 16, 2009
Barack Obama will be released on January 16, 2009 in
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Barack Obama will be released on January 16, 2009 in eAudio
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Barack Obama will be released on August 26, 2008 in Hardcover
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Barack Obama is now available in Hardcover
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Barack Obama is now available in
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PR-USA.net, October 2, 2009
...children's picture book Rosa, about the civil rights legend Rosa Parks, became a Caldecott Honors Book, and Bryan Collier, the illustrator, was given the Coretta Scott King award for best illustration. Rosa also reached #3 on The New York Times...
Tyler Morning Telegraph, September 29, 2009
...dinner beginning at 6 p.m. today at Villa di Felicita, 7891 Highway 110 North. Award-winning book illustrator Bryan Collier of New York will join Dr. Jean-Noel Thomson, dean of students at Abilene Christian University, as speakers for the evening. An...
Topeka Capital-Journal, July 19, 2009
...the crowd answered ?Yes, we Can.? This inspiring New York Times bestseller is sensitively illustrated by award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier and also includes a helpful bibliography of additional sources and a time-line of important dates. ?The...
Ebony Magazine, April 28, 2009
...fact that the award has helped bolster the careers of several young authors and illustrators, including Kadir Nelson, Bryan Collier, and Christopher Paul Curtis. King Award winners are an excellent resource for parents, teachers, librarians, students and...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 4, 2009
...student services at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. 'Artists like Kadir Nelson, E.B. Nelson and Bryan Collier received their first awards from the Coretta Scott King Committee and now they are major players in the picture book world. Before...
Examiner.com, March 3, 2009
...and during the Civil War. The best part of this book is the beautiful, cut-paper collages by illustrator Bryan Collier...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 3, 2009
...student services at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. 'Artists like Kadir Nelson, E.B. Nelson and Bryan Collier received their first awards from the Coretta Scott King Committee and now they are major players in the picture book world. Before...
Salina Journal, February 27, 2009
...student services at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. 'Artists like Kadir Nelson, E.B. Nelson and Bryan Collier received their first awards from the Coretta Scott King Committee, and now they are major players in the picture book world. Before...
Winston-Salem Journal, February 8, 2009
...5 and up. $16.95. Using parallel tales, the amazing Nikki Giovanni teams up with the illustrious illustrator Bryan Collier to compare the lives of Abraham Lincoln and a former slave, Frederick Douglass. Douglass grew up to become a famous writer and a...
University of Georgia, February 7, 2009
...author and illustrator of Superdog: The Heart of a Hero, winner of the 2008 Childrens Picture Storybook Award; Bryan Collier, two-time Caldecott Honor Medal winner for Rosa (2006) and Martins Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2002); Paul...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2009
...nation, paying homage to a fallen hero. Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Bryan Collier (Holt; 40 pages; $16.95; ages 6-up). A historic interracial friendship is seen at a White House celebration in honor of...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2009
...nation, paying homage to a fallen hero. Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Bryan Collier (Holt; 40 pages; $16.95; ages 6-up). A historic interracial friendship is seen at a White House celebration in honor of...
PortalesNewsTribune, January 18, 2009
...the end of her book. Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Bryan Collier Looking for a way to introduce the next President of the United States to your child or class? Then look no further than this latest book by...
San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2009
...Ariele Gentiles (Zondervan; $9.99); Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Simon & Schuster; $16.99); Barack Obama: Our 44th President, by Beatrice Gormley (Aladdin; $5.99); Yes We Can: A Biography of...
Akron Beacon Journal, December 8, 2008
...Abraham Lincoln. Kids' picture books 1. Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Bryan Collier. Yes, he can; a children's biography of the president-elect. (Ages 5 to 10) 2. Gallop!, written and illustrated by Rufus...
Ithaca Journal, November 29, 2008
...the gym. The students become fast friends and leave their shyness behind through the music they make together. Bryan Collier illustrates this musical children's book. rcoelho@gannett.com...
TWO WRITING TEACHERS, September 10, 2009
...back endpapers. John’s Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier Two different quotes, said by Lennon, are on the front and back endpapers. Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity written...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, August 26, 2009
...lyrical poetry, inspired by the modern beat of rap. The rhythmic cadence of Smith's words, coupled with Bryan Collier's vivid illustrations artfully bring the life and words of Muhammad Ali to life. Charles R. Smith Jr. is the author of more than...
Crunchy Granola, June 2, 2009
...good group participation. Martin's Big Words : The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier. Interesting comments in the reviews at Amazon, which focus on objections by some readers that there aren't any women or white...
Book Scoops, February 2, 2009
...Reviewed by Cari Picture books Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Bryan Collier honeybees by Deborah Heiligman illustrated by Carla Golembe Skunks by David T. Greenberg, illustrated by Lynn Musinger Middle Readers...