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Kadir Nelson

Kadir Nelson

Biography

Kadir Nelson is the widely acclaimed illustrator of many books for children, including Thunder Rose, written by Jerdine Nolen, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award; Ellington Was Not a Street, written by Ntozake Shange, which received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life, written by Jerdine Nolen, which won the 2005 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. He is also the illustrator of Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan's Salt in His Shoes and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee's Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please. Mr. Nelson lives with his family in San Diego, California.

Kadir Nelson's Books

1.
Red Zone
Red Zone By: Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber
Cover By: Kadir Nelson / Ghost Writer: Paul Mantell
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: August 31, 2010
2.
Mama Miti
Mama Miti Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya By: Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 5, 2010
3.
Wild Card
Wild Card By: Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber
Cover By: Kadir Nelson / with: Paul Mantell
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Other formats: eBook
4.
All God's Critters
All God's Critters By: Bill Staines
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 36 pages
Publication date: January 27, 2009
5.
Change Has Come
Change Has Come An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit By: Kadir Nelson
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: January 13, 2009
6.
Go Long!
Go Long! By: Ronde Barber and Tiki Barber
Cover By: Kadir Nelson / with: Paul Mantell
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
7.
Kickoff!
Kickoff! By: Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber
Cover By: Kadir Nelson / with: Paul Mantell
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2007
Other formats: Trade Paperback, eBook
8.
Michael's Golden Rules
Michael's Golden Rules By: Deloris Jordan
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson / Introduction by: Michael Jordan / with: Roslyn M. Jordan
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 23, 2007
9.
Please, Puppy, Please
Please, Puppy, Please By: Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: October 18, 2005
10.
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life
Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life By: Jerdine Nolen
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2005
11.
Ellington Was Not a Street
Ellington Was Not a Street By: Ntozake Shange
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2004
12.
Please, Baby, Please
Please, Baby, Please By: Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 1, 2002
Other formats: Trade Paperback, Board Book
13.
Salt In His Shoes
Salt In His Shoes Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream By: Deloris Jordan and Roslyn M. Jordan
Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 1, 2000
Other formats: Trade Paperback