Pinkney, Jerry,

Just Jerry : how drawing shaped my life / a memoir by Caldecott medalist Jerry Pinkney. - 146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes timeline of key dates and select accomplishments. OBOB Elementary 2024-2025.

pt. 1. Inside my front door. Through the back door -- Down the basement stairs -- On the second floor -- pt. 2. Outside my front door. Surviving at school -- Running the streets -- Under the pier -- pt. 3. Out in the world. In the country -- Working the newsstand -- Entering the studio -- Epilogue : what happened next -- Timeline.

Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of over one hundred books, tells the story of his childhood and how he developed his artistic talent.

3-6 5.9 910L Lexile

9780316383851 0316383856

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Pinkney, Jerry--Juvenile literature.
Pinkney, Jerry.


Illustrators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African American illustrators--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Illustrators.
African Americans--Biography.


Biographies.
Autobiographies.

NC975.5.P56 / A2 2023

921 PIN 741.6/42/092