James Ransome (illustrator)

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James Ransome
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Born (1961-09-25) September 25, 1961 (age 59)
North Carolina, U.S.
OccupationIllustrator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA
Alma materPratt Institute
GenrePicture books
Notable worksBefore She Was Harriet
Notable awardsNAACP Image Award
Years active1993–now
SpouseLesa Cline-Ransome
Children4
Website
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James E. Ransome (born September 25, 1961[1]) is an American illustrator of children's books.

Biography[]

He was born in North Carolina. During high school years the family moved to Bergenfield, New Jersey; he attended film making and photography classes, which influenced his style. He obtained a Batchelor of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where his mentor was the illustrator Jerry Pinkney.[2]

James Ransome has illustrated over 60 picture books, and has illustrated greetings cards and magazines. Commissioned murals include three for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3]

He is an Associate Professor in the School of Art at Syracuse University.[4] He and his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and family live in Rhinebeck, New York.[3]

Bibliography[]

  • Picture Books
    • text by Eve Bunting
      • Your Move (HMH, 1998)
      • Peepers, text by Eve Bunting (HMH, 2001)
    • text by Jacqueline Woodson
      • Visiting Day (Scholastic, 2001)
      • This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration (Nancy Paulson, 2013)
    • text by Deborah Hopkinson
      • Under the Quilt of Night (Aladdin, 2002)
      • Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building (Schwarz and Wade, 2004)
    • text by Lesa Cline-Ransome
      • Quilt Alphabet (Holiday House, 2002)
      • Quilt Counting (Chronicle Books, 2002)
      • Satchel Paige (Aladdin, 2003)
      • Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist (Atheneum, 2003)
      • Young Pele: Soccer's First Star (Schwartz & Wade, 2007)
      • Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart (Collins Publishers, 2008)
      • Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George (Schwartz & Wade, 2011)
      • Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Simon & Schuster, 2012)
      • Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret (Jump at the Sun, 2013)
      • Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History (Holiday House, 2014)
      • My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey (Paula Wiseman Books, 2015)
      • Freedom's School (Paula Wiseman Books, 2015)
      • Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong (Holiday House, 2016)
      • Before She Was Harriet (Holiday House, 2017)
      • Germs: Sickness, Bad Breath, and Pizza (Henry Holt, 2017)
      • Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams (Paula Wiseman Books, 2018
    • self-authored and self-illustrated
      • Gunner, Football Hero (Holiday House, 2010)
      • A Joyful Christmas: A Treasury of New and Classic Songs, Poems, and Stories for the Holiday (Henry Holt, 2010)
      • New Red Bike! (Holiday House, 2011)
      • My Teacher (Dial Books, 2012)
      • The Bell Rang (Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2019)
    • Uncle Jed's Barbershop, text by Margaree King Mitchell (Aladdin, 1998)
    • Red Dancing Shoes, text by Denise Lewis Patrick (HarperCollins, 1993)
    • My Best Shoes, text by Marilee Robin Burton (HarperCollins, 1994)
    • That Cat!, text by Eve B. Feldman (Tambourine Books, 1994)
    • Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs, text by Sharon M. Draper (1994)
    • Freedom's Fruit, text by William H. Hooks (Knopf, 1995)
    • Bonesy and Isabel, text by Michael J. Rosen (Harcourt, 1995)
    • Celie and the Harvest Fiddler, text by Vanessa Flournoy, Valerie Flournoy (HarperCollins Publishers, 1995)
    • Bimmi Finds a Cat, text by Elisabeth J. Stewart (Clarion, 1996)
    • The Wagon, text by Tony Johnston (Mulberry Books, 1996)
    • Dark Day, Light Night, text by Jan Carr (Hyperion, 1996)
    • Eli and the Swamp Man, text by Charlotte Sherman (HarperCollins Publishers, 1996)
    • How Many Stars in the Sky?, text by Lenny Hort (Reading Rainbow Books, 1997)
    • The Jukebox Man, text by Jacqueline K. Ogburn (Dial, 1998)
    • Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color, text by Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. (Atheneum, 1998)
    • Quinnie Blue, text by Dinah Johnson (Henry Holt, 2000)
    • The Secret of the Stones, text by Robert D. San Souci (Dial, 2000)
    • How Animals Saved the People: Animal Tales from the South, text by J.J. Reneaux (HarperCollins, 2001)
    • Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America, text by James Haskins, Kathleen Benson (Amistad, 2001)
    • Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl, text by Virginia Hamilton (Blue Sky Press, 2003)
    • A Pride of African Tales, text by Donna L. Washington (Amistad, 2003)
    • This Is the Dream, text by Diane Z. Shore, Jessica Alexander (Amistad, 2005)
    • It Is the Wind, text by Ferida Wolff (HarperCollins Publishers, 2005)
    • What Lincoln Said, text by Sarah L. Thomson (HarperCollins, 2008)
    • Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change, text by Michelle Cook (Bloomsbury Children's, 2009)
    • Baby Blessings: A Prayer for the Day You Are Born, text by Deloris Jordan (Paula Wiseman, 2010)
    • When Grandmama Sings, text by Margaree King Mitchell (HarperCollins, 2012)
    • The Christmas Tugboat: How the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Came to New York City, text by George Matteson, Adele Ursone (Clarion, 2012)
    • Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, text by Jonah Winter (Atheneum, 2014)
    • Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box, text by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein (Candlewick Press, 2015)
    • My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth, text by Ann Turner (HarperCollins, 2015)
  • Middle Grade
    • in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, text by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2018)

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ransome, James E. 1961–" Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "James E. Ransome" National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "James Ransome" Highlights Foundation. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "James Ransome" Syracuse University. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Coretta Scott King Book Awards – All Recipients, 1970–Present" EMIERT. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "1999 NAACP Image Awards" Infoplease. Retrieved February 24, 2019.

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