James Ransome (illustrator)
James Ransome | |
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| Born | September 25, 1961 North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA |
| Alma mater | Pratt Institute |
| Genre | Picture books |
| Years active | 1993–now |
| Notable works | Before She Was Harriet |
| Notable awards | NAACP Image Award |
| Spouse | Lesa Cline-Ransome |
| Children | 4 |
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James E. Ransome (born September 25, 1961[1]) is an American illustrator of children's books.
Biography[edit]
He was born in North Carolina. During high school years the family moved to Bergenfield, New Jersey; he attended film making and photography classes, which influenced his style. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where his mentor was the illustrator Jerry Pinkney.[2]
James Ransome has illustrated over 60 picture books, and has illustrated greetings cards and magazines. Commissioned murals include three for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3]
He is an associate professor in the School of Art at Syracuse University.[4] He and his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and family live in Rhinebeck, New York.[3]
Bibliography[edit]
- Picture Books
- text by Eve Bunting
- Your Move (HMH, 1998)
- Peepers, text by Eve Bunting (HMH, 2001)
- text by Jacqueline Woodson
- Visiting Day (Scholastic, 2001)
- This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration (Nancy Paulson, 2013)
- text by Deborah Hopkinson
- Under the Quilt of Night (Aladdin, 2002)
- Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building (Schwarz and Wade, 2004)
- text by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Quilt Alphabet (Holiday House, 2002)
- Quilt Counting (Chronicle Books, 2002)
- Satchel Paige (Aladdin, 2003)
- Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist (Atheneum, 2003)
- Young Pele: Soccer's First Star (Schwartz & Wade, 2007)
- Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart (Collins Publishers, 2008)
- Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George (Schwartz & Wade, 2011)
- Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass (Simon & Schuster, 2012)
- Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret (Jump at the Sun, 2013)
- Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-And-White Jazz Band in History (Holiday House, 2014)
- My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey (Paula Wiseman Books, 2015)
- Freedom's School (Paula Wiseman Books, 2015)
- Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong (Holiday House, 2016)
- Before She Was Harriet (Holiday House, 2017)
- Germs: Sickness, Bad Breath, and Pizza (Henry Holt, 2017)
- Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams (Paula Wiseman Books, 2018
- self-authored and self-illustrated
- Gunner, Football Hero (Holiday House, 2010)
- A Joyful Christmas: A Treasury of New and Classic Songs, Poems, and Stories for the Holiday (Henry Holt, 2010)
- New Red Bike! (Holiday House, 2011)
- My Teacher (Dial Books, 2012)
- The Bell Rang (Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2019)
- Uncle Jed's Barbershop, text by Margaree King Mitchell (Aladdin, 1998)
- Red Dancing Shoes, text by Denise Lewis Patrick (HarperCollins, 1993)
- My Best Shoes, text by Marilee Robin Burton (HarperCollins, 1994)
- That Cat!, text by Eve B. Feldman (Tambourine Books, 1994)
- Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs, text by Sharon M. Draper (1994)
- Freedom's Fruit, text by William H. Hooks (Knopf, 1995)
- Bonesy and Isabel, text by Michael J. Rosen (Harcourt, 1995)
- Celie and the Harvest Fiddler, text by Vanessa Flournoy, Valerie Flournoy (HarperCollins Publishers, 1995)
- Bimmi Finds a Cat, text by Elisabeth J. Stewart (Clarion, 1996)
- The Wagon, text by Tony Johnston (Mulberry Books, 1996)
- Dark Day, Light Night, text by Jan Carr (Hyperion, 1996)
- Eli and the Swamp Man, text by Charlotte Sherman (HarperCollins Publishers, 1996)
- How Many Stars in the Sky?, text by Lenny Hort (Reading Rainbow Books, 1997)
- The Jukebox Man, text by Jacqueline K. Ogburn (Dial, 1998)
- Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color, text by Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. (Atheneum, 1998)
- Quinnie Blue, text by Dinah Johnson (Henry Holt, 2000)
- The Secret of the Stones, text by Robert D. San Souci (Dial, 2000)
- How Animals Saved the People: Animal Tales from the South, text by J.J. Reneaux (HarperCollins, 2001)
- Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America, text by James Haskins, Kathleen Benson (Amistad, 2001)
- Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl, text by Virginia Hamilton (Blue Sky Press, 2003)
- A Pride of African Tales, text by Donna L. Washington (Amistad, 2003)
- This Is the Dream, text by Diane Z. Shore, Jessica Alexander (Amistad, 2005)
- It Is the Wind, text by Ferida Wolff (HarperCollins Publishers, 2005)
- What Lincoln Said, text by Sarah L. Thomson (HarperCollins, 2008)
- Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change, text by Michelle Cook (Bloomsbury Children's, 2009)
- Baby Blessings: A Prayer for the Day You Are Born, text by Deloris Jordan (Paula Wiseman, 2010)
- When Grandmama Sings, text by Margaree King Mitchell (HarperCollins, 2012)
- The Christmas Tugboat: How the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Came to New York City, text by George Matteson, Adele Ursone (Clarion, 2012)
- Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, text by Jonah Winter (Atheneum, 2014)
- Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box, text by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein (Candlewick Press, 2015)
- My Name Is Truth: The Life of Sojourner Truth, text by Ann Turner (HarperCollins, 2015)
- text by Eve Bunting
- Middle Grade
- in We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, text by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2018)
Awards[edit]
- 1994 Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Honor for Uncle Jed's Barbershop (text by Margaree King Mitchell)[5]
- 1999 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Children's for Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told By A Freeman Of Color (text by Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack).[6]
- 1995 Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Award for The Creation (text by James Weldon Johnson)[5]
- 2018 Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Honor for Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman (text by Lesa Cline-Ransome).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ransome, James E. 1961–" Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "James E. Ransome" National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "James Ransome" Highlights Foundation. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "James Ransome" Syracuse University. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Coretta Scott King Book Awards – All Recipients, 1970–Present" EMIERT. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- ^ "1999 NAACP Image Awards" Infoplease. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
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