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Eric Velasquez

Eric Velasquez

Eric Velasquez was awarded the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent for his first picture book, The Piano Man by Debbi Chocolate. Since that time he has gone on to illustrate several acclaimed picture books, including Carole Boston Weatherford's The Sound That Jazz Makes, Jim Haskins's Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali, and Candice F. Ransom's Liberty Street. The stirring black-and-white images in this book were inspired by the work of noted Civil Rights movement chroniclers Harvey Dinnerstein and Burt Silverman. Eric lives in Hartsdale, New York, with his wife, Deborah.

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Voices of Christmas by Nicki Grimes
Home Educator.com, December 17, 2009
...lyrical, touching poem in his or her own voice. We begin with Gabriel, who is beautifully depicted by Eric Velasquez as a strong, striking African figure. Gabriel says, 'Hush! The hour is late. Nazareth is sleeping,/and I wait for my Lord's signal/to...
Favorite Books of 2009 - Two A Day
TheHappyNappyBookseller, January 3, 2010
...Two of a Kind by Jacqui Robbins illus by Matt Phelan The Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell and Eric Velasquez Mouse Was Mad by Linda Urban and Henry Cole Rose's Garden by Peter H. Reynolds Me With You by Kristy Dempsey and Christopher Denise The Day Leo Said...