Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her contributions to the modern canon are numerous. Some of her acclaimed titles include: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature 1993. Slade Morrison was born in Ohio and educated in New York City. He studied art at SUNY Purchase and collaborated with his mother, Toni Morrison, on five books for children. Joe Cepeda is the illustrator of many award-winning picture books, including Peeny Butter Fudge and The Tortoise or the Hare by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison, What a Truly Cool World by Julius Lester, Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan, and Gracias the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley. Mr. Cepeda received his BFA in illustration from California State University, Long Beach. His illustrations have appeared in publications such as the Los Angeles Times; Buzz, Inc. Magazine; and Latina Magazine.
23rd December 2003

Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake?

A version of Aesop's fables finds that kind hearted Poppy is willing to help snake after he hurts him, but because he is... MoreWho's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake?

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15th April 1998

The Big Box

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7th September 2010

The Tortoise or the Hare

Everyone knows that in the story of the Tortoise and the Hare the slow and steady tortoise wins always wins. Or does he?... MoreThe Tortoise or the Hare

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1st May 2004

Who's Got the Game? The Lion or the Mouse?

A boastful knig of the beasts gets a thorn stuck in his paw as he can't get it out he asks a timid little mouse to pull ... MoreWho's Got the Game? The Lion or the Mouse?

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1st March 2016

Please, Louise

A library card unlocks a new life for a young girl in this picture book about the power of imagination, from Nobel Prize... MorePlease, Louise

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26th January 2010

Little Cloud and Lady Wind

Little Cloud likes her own place in the sky, away from the other clouds. There, the sky is all hers. She is free to make... MoreLittle Cloud and Lady Wind

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10th November 2022

The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition)

A new edition for a new world of one of literary legend Toni Morrison’s first picture books with her son, Slade Morrison... MoreThe Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition)

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