Jerry Pinkney

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American writer and children's book illustrator (1939–2021)

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::summary American writer and children's book illustrator (1939–2021) ::

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nameJerry Pinkney
imageJerry Pinkney.jpg
captionPinkney at the Mazza Museum in 2011
birth_date
birth_placePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_placeSleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
occupationIllustrator, writer
period1964–2021
genreChildren's picture books
awardsCaldecott Medal (2010)
spouseGloria Jean
children4, including Brian
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| name = Jerry Pinkney | image = Jerry Pinkney.jpg | caption = Pinkney at the Mazza Museum in 2011 | birth_date = | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S. | occupation = Illustrator, writer | nationality = | period = 1964–2021 | genre = Children's picture books | subject = | notableworks = | awards = Caldecott Medal (2010) | spouse = Gloria Jean | children = 4, including Brian | signature = Jerry Pinkney (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. Pinkney's works addressed diverse themes and were usually done in watercolors.

In 1994, Pinkney obtained the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for the book John Henry and he has received five Coretta Scott King Awards for illustration. In 2010, he received the Caldecott Medal for his book The Lion & the Mouse. His book A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation (2019), illustrated by Pinkney and written by Barry Wittenstein, won the Orbis Pictus Award for 2020.

In 2000, Pinkney received the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award from Kent State University, and, in 2004, he was awarded the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for outstanding contributions in the field of children's literature. In 2016, Pinkney received the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Pinkney has partnered with the United States Postal Service, National Park Service, and National Geographic for his illustration work. His art has also been featured in numerous exhibitions.

Biography

Early life

Pinkney was born in Philadelphia on December 22, 1939, to Williemae and James Pinkney. Pinkney was the middle child in a family of five siblings. Pinkney struggled in school due to dyslexia, but excelled at drawing, even at the young age of 4. During Pinkney's youth, his mother encouraged him to develop his skills by enrolling him in art classes, but Pinkney's father did not consider art a sustainable career until Pinkney grew older.

Career

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During his early teens, Pinkney worked at a local newspaper stand, where he would pass the time by drawing city life. Pinkney's talent caught the eye of customer and cartoonist John Liney, who worked on the Henry comic strips. Liney showed Pinkney how artistry could be used for commercial purposes.

Pinkney attended the Murrell Dobbins Vocational High School for his secondary education and met his future wife, Gloria Jean Pinkney, during this time. Pinkney graduated from Murrell Dobbins in 1957 and was granted a full scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now University of the Arts). Pinkney only attended the Philadelphia College of Art for a few years, leaving to start a family with wife Gloria.

In 1960, Pinkney began working for The Rust Craft Greeting Card Company in Dedham, Massachusetts. Pinkney later worked at Barker-Black Studio, where he illustrated his first picture book in collaboration with Joyce Cooper Arkhurst called, The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales (1964). He, along with two other artists, opened Kaleidoscope Studio a few years later. Pinkney opened his own freelance studio, Jerry Pinkney Studios, in 1968*.*

During the 1970s, Pinkney worked on the Black Heritage Stamp Series for the United States Postal Service. During the 1980s Pinkney began to receive additional recognition for his work, including a Coretta Scott King Award for his collaboration with author Patricia McKissack on Mirandy and Brother Wind (1989). Pinkney also collaborated with the National Geographic Magazine and the National Park Service on the topic of the Underground Railroad.

Pinkney also worked as an educator, teaching at colleges and universities like the University of Delaware, the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and the University at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York.

Pinkney's work was included in the 2015 exhibition We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s at the Woodmere Art Museum.

Professional memberships

Personal life

Jerry Pinkney and Gloria Jean Pinkney have four children: Troy, Brian, Scott, and Myles. Brian Pinkney and his wife Andrea Davis Pinkney also write books for children. The other Pinkney children, including Jerry and Gloria Pinkney's six grandchildren, all participate in the arts, which Gloria calls a continuation of “the Pinkney tradition.”

Pinkney lived in Croton-on-Hudson in New York with his wife Gloria, where he worked out of his freelance studio, Jerry Pinkney Studio, since 1971*.*

Pinkney died of a heart attack on October 20, 2021, in Sleepy Hollow, New York, at the age of 81.

Art style and themes

Art style

Pinkney got his start drawing in pencil and his early works were black and white productions. Pinkney used a combination of watercolors and pencils for the majority of his work, along with other materials, such as, "pastel[s], color pencils, and Cray-Pas". In an interview, he stated watercolors are his "medium of choice." Pinkney's "intricate detail" is considered "rare" for a person who uses watercolors.

Themes

Pinkney researched the subjects of his works for accuracy, such as the dress of the characters involved and the time periods. Pinkney also used live models for establishing character poses. Pinkney has stated he liked to draw animals the most and to give these characters human features.

Many of Pinkney's titles are on diverse themes and topics, such as African American history, and Pinkney has stated his stories are a way for him to "revisit" his childhood. His recent book, A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (2019), portrays Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington "I Have A Dream" speech.

A number of Pinkney's works retell Aesop Fables, such as The Grasshopper & The Ants (2015) and The Lion and the Mouse (2009).

Literary works

Children's books

  • 1965–1969
    • Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Scholastic, 1964.
    • Fletcher, Helen Jill. The Year Around Book. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1965.
    • McCall, Adeline. This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1965.
    • Garshin, V. M. The Traveling Frog. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Translated by Marguerita Rudolph. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.
    • Sobol, Ken. A Book of Sizes & Shapes. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.
    • Saleh, Harold J. Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep. Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
    • Sobol, Ken. The Clock Museum. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967.
    • Spellman, John W. The Beautiful Blue Jay, and Other Tales of India. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Boston: Little, Brown, 1967.
    • Dale, Ralph Alan. Shoes, Pennies and Rockets: A Book of Singing Games. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: L. W. Singer, 1968.
    • Green, Lila. Folktales and Fairytales of Africa. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Morristown: Silver Burdett, 1968.
    • Traudl. Kostas the Rooster. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1968.
    • Phillips, Irv. The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: L. W. Singer, 1969.
    • Powell, Fern. The Porcupine and the Tiger. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Sheppard Co., 1969.
    • Shaw, Thelma. Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1969.
    • Trofimuk, Ann. Babushka and the Pig . Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.
  • 1970–1979
    • Annett, Cora. Cora Annett's Homerhenry. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1970.
    • Jacobs, Francine. The King's Ditch: A Hawaiian Tale. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Coward, McCann, & Geoghegan, 1971.
    • Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. More Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1972.
    • Robinson, Adjai. Femi and Old Grandaddie. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1972.
    • Evans, Mari. JD. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973.
    • Freschet, Berniece. Prince Littlefoot. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Lexington: Ginn, 1973.
    • Robinson, Adjai. Kasho and the Twin Flutes. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1973.
    • Mickey and Minny. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. N.p.: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
    • Jefferson, Margo and Elliott P. Skinner. Roots of Time: A Portrait of African Life and Culture. Garden City: Doubleday, 1974.
    • Wilson, Beth P. The Great Minu. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Chicago: Follett, 1974.
    • Martel, Cruz. Yagua Days. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Press, 1975.
    • Taylor, Mildred. Song of the Trees. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Press, [1975] 1996.
    • Greenfield, Eloise. Mary McLeod Bethune. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Crowell, 1977.
    • Aaderma, Verna. Ji-nongo-nongo Means Riddles. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Four Winds Press, 1978.
    • Green, Lila. Tales From Africa. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Morristown: Silver Burdett Co., 1979.
    • Greenfield, Eloise, Lessie Jones Little, and Pattie Ridley Jones. Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir. Drawings by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Crowell, 1979.
    • Yellow Robe, Rosebud. Tonweya and the Eagles and Other Lakota Indian Tales. Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Press, 1979.
  • 1980–1989
  • 1990–1999
  • 2000–2009
  • 2010–2019
    • Pinkney, Jerry. Three Little Kittens. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010.
    • Taylor, Jane. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Little, Brown, 2011.
    • Pinkney, Jerry. Puss in Boots. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012.
    • Pinkney, Jerry. The Tortoise & The Hare. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2013.
    • Pinkney, Jerry. The Grasshopper & The Ants. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2015.
    • Jackson, Richard. In Plain Sight. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2016.
    • Wheeler, Lisa. The Christmas Boot. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2016.
    • Pinkney, Jerry. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2017.
    • Brown, Margaret Wise. A Home in the Barn. Pictures by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.
    • Wittenstein, Barry. A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr and the Speech That Inspired a Nation. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York: Holiday House, 2019.
  • 2020-2021
    • Pinkney, Jerry. The Little Mermaid. New York, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2020.
    • Wells, Rosemary. The Welcome Chair. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New York, Simon and Schuster, 2021.

Illustrated novels

Plays

  • Building Bridges: The Life and Times of Jerry Pinkney. 2004.

Other contributions

  • Created the cover illustration for Virginia Hamilton's The Planet of Junior Brown (New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1971).
  • Provided the illustrations for the RCA Corporation booklet Craftmanship, A Tradition in Black America (New York: RCA, 1976).
  • Illustrated the book frontispiece for Mildred D. Taylor's novel *Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (*New York: Dial Press, 1977).
  • Provided the illustrations for Charles L. Bronson's 1984 National Geographic Magazine article "Escape from Slavery: The Underground Railroad."
  • Illustrated "Silent Lobby," a story written by Mildred Pitts Walter that appeared in The Big Book For Peace (New York: E. P. Dutton Children's Books, 1990).
  • Illustrated portraits for the National Park Service's "The Underground Railroad Handbook" in 1997.
  • Designed the White House Christmas brochure in 2001 on the theme Home for the Holidays.

Awards and recognition

Pinkney has received many awards for his work as an illustrator over the years and has been recognized by multiple organizations for his contributions as an artist.

Awards

Recognition

  • In 1997, Pinkney was nominated for the biennial 1998 Hans Christian Andersen Award, considered to be the "Nobel Prize for children's literature."
  • In 2000, Kent State University awarded Pinkney the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, which honors creators of "multicultural literature" for youth.
  • In 2004, Pinkney received the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for his contributions to children's literature.
  • In 2011, the New York Society of Illustrators inducted Pinkney into the organization's Hall of Fame for Pinkney's achievements and contributions as an artist.
  • In 2013, Pinkney received the Distinguished Arts Award as part of the Pennsylvania Governor's Awards for the Arts.
  • In 2016, the city of Philadelphia named July 19 "Jerry Pinkney Day" to honor Pinkney's achievements.
  • In 2016, the Norman Rockwell Museum named Pinkney their Artist Laureate for his achievements as an illustrator.
  • In 2016, Pinkney was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award for 2018.

Art exhibitions

Postage stamps

In 1977, the United States Postal Service commissioned Pinkney to create the first stamp of the Black Heritage postage stamp series, a series honoring prolific African Americans in United States history. Pinkney completed a total of eleven portraits for the series, and his designs featured images of Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Banneker, Whitney Young, Jackie Robinson, Scott Joplin, Carter Woodson, Mary McLeod Bethune and Sojourner Truth.

References

References

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  2. (2009). "The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009". American Library Association.
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  11. Lear, Len. (February 9, 2017). "Exhibit by legendary Germantown native now at Woodmere".
  12. Gorce, Tammy La. (September 14, 2012). "Jerry Pinkney's Work to Be on Exhibit in Yonkers". The New York Times.
  13. (November 1, 2009). "Introduction to The Pinkney Exhibition Catalogue from Chief Curator Stephanie Plunkett".
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  15. Cummings, Pat. (1999). "Talking with Artists: Conversations with Victoria Chess, Pat Cummings, Leo and Diane Dillon, Richard Egielski, Lois Ehlert, Lisa Campell Ernst, Tom Feelings, Steven Kellogg, Kerry Pinckney, Amy Schwartz, Lane Smith, Chris Van Allsburg, and David Wiener.". Simon and Schuster Books for young readers.
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  18. "Pennsylvania Center for the Book".
  19. Dunn, John F.. (February 2019). "African American Subjects on United States Postage Stamps". [[United States Postal Service]].
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  21. (November 13, 2010). "Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney".
  22. ''Underground Railroad'', Official National Park Handbook, No. 156, Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1998.
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  28. Bishop, Rudine. (January 10, 1996). "The Pinkney Family: In the Tradition".
  29. Ulaby, Neda. (October 20, 2021). "Jerry Pinkney, the beloved, award-winning children's book illustrator, has died at 81". NPR.
  30. (August 12, 2013). "Transcript from an interview with Jerry Pinkney".
  31. Manna, Anthony L.. (1991). "Reading Jerry Pinkney Reading". Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
  32. Pinkney, Jerry. (2014). "Conversation Currents: Watercolor as a Form of Storytelling: An Interview with Jerry Pinkney". Language Arts.
  33. "A Place to Land". [[Blackwell's]].
  34. (June 27, 2017). "The Grasshopper & the Ants". [[Little, Brown and Company]].
  35. (1964). "The adventures of Spider: West African folk tales". Scholastic Book Services.
  36. (1965). "The year around book". McGraw-Hill.
  37. (1967). "This is music for kindergarten and nursery school". Allyn and Bacon.
  38. (1966). "The travelling frog". McGraw-Hill.
  39. Sobol, Ken. (1966). "A book of sizes & shapes". McGraw-Hill.
  40. (1967). "Even tiny ants must sleep". McGraw-Hill.
  41. (1967). "The clock museum". McGraw-Hill.
  42. (1967). "The beautiful blue jay, and other tales of India". Little, Brown.
  43. (1968). "Shoes, pennies, and rockets: a book of singing games". L.W. Singer.
  44. (1968). "Folktales and Fairytales of Africa". Silver Burdett.
  45. (1968). "Kostas the rooster". Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
  46. (1969). "The twin witches of fingle fu.". L.W. Singer.
  47. (1970). "The porcupine and the tiger". Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.; Responsive Environments Corp..
  48. (1969). "Juano and the wonderful fresh fish". Addison-Wesley.
  49. (1969). "Babushka and the pig". Houghton Mifflin.
  50. (1970). "Cora Annett's Homerhenry". Addison-Wesley.
  51. (1971). "The king's ditch; a Hawaiian tale". Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
  52. Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. (1972). "More adventures of spider: West African folk tales". Scholastic Book Services.
  53. (1972). "Femi and old grandaddie.". Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
  54. (1973). "JD.". Doubleday.
  55. (1973). "Prince Littlefoot". Ginn.
  56. (1973). "Kasho and the twin flutes". Coward, McCann & Geoghegan.
  57. (1973). "Mickey and Minny.". Houghton Mifflin.
  58. Durr, William Kirtley. (1973). "Houghton Mifflin readers: minibooks.". Houghton Mifflin.
  59. "Jerry Pinkney Studio".
  60. (1974). "Roots of time: a portrait of African life and culture". Doubleday.
  61. (1974). "The great Minu". Follett.
  62. (1976). "Yagua days". Dial Press.
  63. (1996). "Song of the trees". Dial Press.
  64. (1977). "Mary McLeod Bethune". Crowell.
  65. (1978). "Ji-nongo-nongo means riddles". Four Winds Press.
  66. (1979). "Tales from Africa". Silver Burdett Co..
  67. (1979). "Childtimes: a three-generation memoir". Crowell.
  68. (1979). "Tonweya and the eagles, and other Lakota Indian tales". Dial Press.
  69. (1980). "Jahdu". Greenwillow Books.
  70. (1980). "Count on your fingers African style". Crowell.
  71. (1981). "Monster myths of ancient Greece". Putnam.
  72. (1983). "Apples on a stick: the folklore of Black children". Coward—McCann.
  73. (1985). "The patchwork quilt". Dial.
  74. (1986). "Half a moon and one whole star". Macmillan Publishing Company.
  75. (1987). "Strange animals of the sea". National Geographic Society.
  76. (1987). "Wild, wild sunflower child Anna". Macmillan Pub. Co..
  77. (1987). "The tales of Uncle Remus: the adventures of Brer Rabbit". Dial Books.
  78. (1987). "More tales of Uncle Remus: further adventures of Brer Rabbit, his friends, enemies, and others". Dial Books.
  79. (1988). "The green lion of Zion Street". McElderry Books.
  80. (1988). "Mirandy and Brother Wind". Knopf.
  81. (1989). "Rabbit makes a monkey of lion: a Swahili tale". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  82. (1989). "The talking eggs: a folktale from the American South". Penguin.
  83. (1989). "Turtle in July". Macmillan Pub. Co.; Collier Macmillan Publishers.
  84. (1990). "Home place". Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
  85. (1990). "Further tales of Uncle Remus: the misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang, and other creatures". Dial Books.
  86. (1990). "Pretend you're a cat". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  87. (1990). "In for winter, out for spring". Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
  88. (1991). "The man who kept his heart in a bucket". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  89. (1992). "David's songs: his Psalms and their story". Dial Books.
  90. (1992). "Drylongso". Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
  91. (1992). "Back home". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  92. (1993). "New shoes for Silvia". Morrow Junior Books.
  93. (1993). "I want to be". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  94. (1993). "A starlit somersault downhill". Little, Brown and Company.
  95. (1994). "John Henry". Penguin.
  96. (1994). "The last tales of Uncle Remus". Dial.
  97. (1994). "The Sunday outing". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  98. (1995). "Tanya's reunion". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  99. (1996). "Minty: a story of young Harriet Tubman". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  100. (1996). "Sam and the tigers: a new telling of Little Black Sambo". Penguin Young Readers.
  101. (1997). "Rikki-tikki-tavi". Morrow Junior Books.
  102. (1997). "The hired hand". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  103. (1998). "Black cowboy, wild horses". Dial Books.
  104. (1999). "The little match girl". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  105. (1999). "The ugly duckling".
  106. (1999). "Journeys with Elijah: eight tales of the Prophet". Harcourt Brace.
  107. (1999). "Uncle Remus: the complete tales". Phyllis Fogelman Books.
  108. (2000). "Albidaro and the mischievous dream". P. Fogelman Books.
  109. Pinkney, Jerry. (2000). "Aesop's fables". SeaStar Books.
  110. (2001). "Goin' someplace special". Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
  111. (2002). "The nightingale". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  112. Pinkney, Jerry. (2002). "Noah's ark". SeaStar Books.
  113. (2004). "God bless the child". HarperCollins / Amistad.
  114. Pinkney, Jerry. (2006). "The little red hen". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  115. (2005). "The Old African". Dial Books.
  116. (2007). "Ain't nobody a stranger to me". Jump at the Sun : Hyperion Books for Children.
  117. (2007). "The all-I'll-ever-want Christmas doll". Schwartz & Wade Books.
  118. Pinkney, Jerry. (2007). "Little Red Riding-Hood". Little, Brown.
  119. (2008). "The moon over star". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  120. (2009). "Sweethearts of rhythm: the story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world". Dial Books.
  121. (2009). "The lion & the mouse". Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers.
  122. (February 22, 1999). "The lion & the mouse (Book, 2009)". [WorldCat.org].
  123. Pinkney, Jerry. (2010). "Three little kittens". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  124. (2011). "Twinkle, twinkle, little star". Little, Brown.
  125. Pinkney, Jerry. (2012). "Puss in Boots". Dial Books for Young Readers.
  126. (2013). "The tortoise and the hare". Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
  127. (2015). "The grasshopper & the ants". Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
  128. (2016). "In plain sight". Macmillan.
  129. (2016). "The Christmas boot". Penguin.
  130. (2017). "The three billy goats Gruff". Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
  131. (2018). "A home in the barn". HarperCollins.
  132. (2019). "A place to land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the speech that inspired a nation". Holiday House.
  133. Brontë, Emily. (1975). "Wuthering Heights". Franklin Library.
  134. Auchincloss, Louis. (1976). "The Winthrop covenant". Franklin Library.
  135. Bromfield, Louis. (1977). "Early autumn". Franklin Library.
  136. Swift, Jonathan. (1977). "Gulliver's travels". Franklin Library.
  137. Updike, John. (1977). "Rabbit, run". Franklin Library.
  138. Williams, Tennessee. (1977). "Selected plays". Franklin Library.
  139. Fielding, Henry. (1978). "The history of Tom Jones, a foundling". Franklin Library.
  140. Brooks, Van Wyck. (1979). "The flowering of New England, 1815–1865". Franklin Library.
  141. Faulkner, William. (1979). "These thirteen". Franklin Library.
  142. Michener, James A. (1980). "The covenant". Franklin Library.
  143. Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich. (1981). "Lolita". Franklin Library.
  144. (1981). "Rabbit redux". Franklin Library.
  145. (1982). "The education of Henry Adams". Franklin Library.
  146. (1991). "Their eyes were watching God: a novel". University of Illinois Press.
  147. (1995). "The jungle book: the Mowgli stories". William Morrow.
  148. Hamilton, Virginia. (1971). "The planet of Junior Brown". Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
  149. Bournea, Chris. "Illustrator Jerry Pinkney will be guest for Bexley library series for families".
  150. (1976). "Craftsmanship, a tradition in Black America.". RCA.
  151. (1977). "Roll of thunder, hear my cry". Dial Press.
  152. "Freedom's Journal: The Art of Jerry Pinkney".
  153. (1990). "The big book for peace". E.P. Dutton Children's Books.
  154. (December 11, 2001). "Jerry Pinkney Comes Full Circle".
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