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John Steptoe

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Born: September 13 1950

Died: 2727 08 19891989

John Steptoe was an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books from New York City. He began working on his first children's book, Stevie, while still a teenager and achieved great success during his tragically short career, encouraging the advancement of African American culture by producing work about the African American experience that children could appreciate. Recipient of two Coretta Scott King Awards and two Caldecott Honors, Steptoe was posthumously honored by the creation of the John Steptoe New Talent Award, an award designated annually by the Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. Steptoe's best known work is Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, for which he won his second Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

John Steptoe

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Born: September 13 1950

Died: 2727 08 19891989

John Steptoe was an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books from New York City. He began working on his first children's book, Stevie, while still a teenager and achieved great success during his tragically short career, encouraging the advancement of African American culture by producing work about the African American experience that children could appreciate. Recipient of two Coretta Scott King Awards and two Caldecott Honors, Steptoe was posthumously honored by the creation of the John Steptoe New Talent Award, an award designated annually by the Coretta Scott King Award Task Force. Steptoe's best known work is Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, for which he won his second Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

Books from John Steptoe

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Baby Says

3.5/5 ( ratings)

She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl

Daddy is a Monster... Sometimes

3.4/5 ( ratings)

My Special Best Words

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Marcia

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The Story of Jumping Mouse

4.3/5 ( ratings)

All the Colors of the Race

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Stories from Around the World: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters / Grandfather's Journey / Arrow to the Son

4.3/5 ( ratings)

All Us Come Cross the Water

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Stevie

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Birthday

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Train Ride

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Uptown

4.3/5 ( ratings)