Kirkus’s Best Picture Books of the Year include 5 books illustrated by Painted Words artists! They are:
Playtime for Restless Rascals (Sourcebooks) by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
Black Gold,(HarperCollins) by Laura Obuobi, illustrated by London Ladd
Standing in the Need of Prayer (Crown) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison
Because of You, John Lewis (Scholastic) by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown
Everything in its Place (Doubleday) by Pauline David-Sax, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow
See the complete list here
Congratulations to Liz, London, Frank, Keith and Charnelle!