“Receiving both the Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award suggests I have succeeded, at least in terms of my own goals, in my intent to make art that moves children.” ChildrenArtMovingGoalTermMy OwnKingsAchievementLifetimeAwardsReceivingVirginiaHamiltonLauraWilderLifetime Achievement Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I visited the Museum of Modern Art and viewed the exhibition of Picasso's sculptures, and I couldn't help but think about what it would be like to have a room full of school children explore Picasso's approach to making art.” ThinkingChildrenArtHelpingWould BeSchoolRoomsModernApproachMuseumsSculptureExhibitionsModern Art Author:Jerry Pinkney
“Though the blame cannot be placed entirely on publishers, I do think a more diverse pool of editors would go a long way toward broadening the perspective. Our role is to work together to create books that act as wide-open doors - books that allow all children to walk through and feel safe enough to stay.” ThinkingWayFeelsChildrenLongBookEnoughTogetherWalksRolesDoorsPerspectiveSafeBlameWideWorking TogetherEditorsPoolDiversePublishersLong Way Author:Jerry Pinkney
“I'm often in conversations with people who have learning disabilities, and they talk about how they were teased and perhaps laughed at sometimes as children. That was never the case with me. Maybe it was something about my personality, my temperament, but I don't ever remember being teased. I remember the awkwardness of leaving class to go to a special class, but that's all.” PeopleChildrenSometimesRememberClassCasesSpecialPersonalityConversationLeavingDisabilityLaughedTemperamentAwkwardnessLearning Disability Author:Jerry Pinkney
“There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a lot to do with the mergers and buyouts and the corporations being more in control of the purse strings. We find that the projects have to come with higher expectations rather than books that just should be published. That's disturbing because we might find fewer and fewer children's books by African Americans or with black cultural themes.” ShouldChildrenBookMightCultureSpeakBlackStruggleMaterialsHigherProjectsExpectationsAfrican AmericanNarrativeCorporationsThemeStringsFewerDisturbingPursesChildren's BooksMergersBlack Culture Author:Jerry Pinkney
