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Eric Velasquez

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.

A Sweet Smell of Roses will be released on December 26, 2007 in Trade Paperback
Dec 26, 2007
A Sweet Smell of Roses is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 26, 2007
A Sweet Smell of Roses will be released on December 26, 2007 in
Dec 26, 2007
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Dec 26, 2007
A Sweet Smell of Roses will be released on November 30, 2004 in Hardcover
Nov 30, 2004
A Sweet Smell of Roses is now available in Hardcover
Nov 30, 2004
A Sweet Smell of Roses will be released on November 30, 2004 in
Nov 30, 2004
A Sweet Smell of Roses is now available in
Nov 30, 2004
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A Sweet Smell of Roses has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
A Sweet Smell of Roses has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
News:
A Sweet Smell of Roses has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

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Cleveland Live, February 5, 2012
...lovely book with shimmering paintings. Grade B+ My Uncle Martin's Words for America Angela Farris Watkins and Eric Velasquez Explaining the impact of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to young children presents a challenge, and I'm always pleased to...
Cleveland Live, February 4, 2012
...lovely book with shimmering paintings. Grade B+ My Uncle Martin's Words for America Angela Farris Watkins and Eric Velasquez Explaining the impact of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to young children presents a challenge, and I'm always pleased to...
TwinCities.com, January 31, 2012
...school integration. Three starred reviews. "My Uncle Martin's Words for America" by Angela Farris Watkins, illustrated by Eric Velasquez (Abrams, $19.95) - Martin Luther King's niece, an associate professor of psychology at Spelman College, narrates this...
The Suburbanite, January 31, 2012
...association's highest honor. In “Twice as Good: The Story of William Powell,” author Richard Michelson and illustrator Eric Velasquez direct toward young readers a biography, released this month, of challenges, determination and success. From Feb....
Rock Hill Herald, January 30, 2012
...journey. - Kim Ossi "My Uncle Martin's Words for America" By Angela Farris Watkins, PhD., illustrated by Eric Velasquez, Abram Books for Young Readers, $19.95, ages 5 and up Describing the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights...
Record-Journal.com, January 8, 2012
...eyes to what's going on in the world and develop compassion," Brandriff said. With award-winning illustrator Eric Velasquez illustrating the story, Ieronimo's book is due out early next year. But Ieronimo isn't just stopping with a book. She's planning...
Woodbury-Middlebury Patch, October 19, 2011
...book will be released in 2013. The publisher is Walker Books For Young Readers and the illustrator is Eric Velasquez. More information on Ieronimo and her book can be found on her blog, Puddles in Africa. The Middlebury Public Library can be...
GoErie.com Top Headlines, September 21, 2011
...When big siblings go off to school, leaving little brothers or sisters at home, it can be a hard adjustment for your youngest children. Here are some books that might perk them up, and teach a little something, too."Marshall Armstrong is New to Our...
La Bloga, June 22, 2011
...published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Illustration: G randma's Gift , illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez, published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc. 2010: Narrative: Julia...
La Bloga, May 25, 2011
...Colato Laínez. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda.  Children’s Book Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-89239-231-5. Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez. Bloomsbury, 2010. 32 pgs. ISBN 978-0-8027-2082-5. How Tia Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez. Knopf, 2010. 135 pgs....
La Bloga, May 25, 2011
...Colato Laínez. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda.  Children’s Book Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-89239-231-5. Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez. Bloomsbury, 2010. 32 pgs. ISBN 978-0-8027-2082-5. How Tia Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez. Knopf, 2010. 135 pgs....
Crazy Quilts, May 11, 2011
...Laínez.  Illustrated by Joe Cepeda.  Children’s Book Press -   Grandma’s Gift   by Eric Velasquez.  Bloomsbury, 2010. -   How Tia Lola Learned to Teach  by Julia Alvarez.  Knopf, 2010. -   The Last Summer of the Death Warriors  by...
TheHappyNappyBookseller, May 8, 2011
...would get lost in the characters and landscapes that made this story special to me." And author/illustrator Eric Velasquez - 2011 Pura Belpre winner for Grandma's Gift Part of the fun of illustrating books is that sometimes the images mean more to the...