https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8 Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2022-02-24 17:27:42 UTC 2025-10-18 14:10:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065016205 Jerry Pinkney was born on December 22, 1939. He died on October 20, 2021, at 82 years old. Jerry Pinkney had four children. He has been illustrating since 1964. - Sally]]> 2022-02-24 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065016205 2816921 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065017115 Jerry Pinkney had a homestudio in Croton-on-Hudson.]]> 2022-02-24 17:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065017115 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065019754 Wrote about Noah's Ark, maybe showing that he believed in Christanity

]]> 2022-02-24 17:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065019754 2816921 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065019816 He illustrated over 100 books!]]> 2022-02-24 17:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065019816 281660 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065020088 He won the Coretta Scott King award. He is also a Philadelphia native. Finally, he illustrated for the U.S. Postal Service and the National Geographic.]]> 2022-02-24 17:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065020088 2815332 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065020282 He has illustrated over 100 books since 1964. He received 5 Corretta Scott King awards]]> 2022-02-24 17:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065020282 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065022322 He wrote Child Literature, Novels, Fiction, Fantasy and Non Fiction!]]> 2022-02-24 17:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065022322 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065023351 2022-02-24 17:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065023351 2816921 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065024051 Pinkney had his own version of the Little Mermaid which was about friendship, not love. He put his own spin on it, and included brown-skinned characters. The NYT named it a best children's book of the year.]]> 2022-02-24 17:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065024051 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065024745 in 2000, Pinkney received the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award from Kent State University ]]> 2022-02-24 17:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065024745 2816921 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065026339 Pinkney worked mainly in watercolor. “Jerry used his talent as one of America’s great watercolorists to tell stories in pictures,” William R. Valerio, the museum director of the Woodmere Art Museum.]]> 2022-02-24 17:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065026339 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065027244 According to Sheldon Fogelman, Jerry's long-time agent, Pinkney suffered a heart attack on October 20th in Sleepy Hollow, New York; he was 81. He illustrated over 100 books, his most popular being the Lion and the Mouse, which won him the Caldecott medal.

-Emmy]]> 2022-02-24 17:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065027244 281735 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065027710 Jerry Pinkney was always known for his illustrations looking like watercolor. He illustrated more than 100 books since 1964 too!!! Unfortunately, he just passed away in October 2021. His legend lives on, of many beautiful illustrations. ]]> 2022-02-24 17:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065027710 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065028127 During his early teens, Pinkney worked at a local newspaper stand, where he would pass the time by drawing city life]]> 2022-02-24 17:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065028127 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065030889 Pinkney researched the subjects of his works for accuracy, such as the dress of the characters involved and the time periods.]]> 2022-02-24 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065030889 281700 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065032542 Jerry Pinkney was a book illustrated. He has four children and struggled in school because he had dyslexia. He died of a heart attack on October 20, 2021. He started drawing in pencil, and his early drawings were in black and white. He started illustrating books in 1965. The last book he illustrated in 2021 was, "the welcome chair." by Rosemary Wells.]]> 2022-02-24 17:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065032542 281735 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065033610 I vant to read his books. They are fun!]]> 2022-02-24 17:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065033610 6078465 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065033653 born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and wrote 100 books]]> 2022-02-24 17:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065033653 2818761 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065033747 Jerry Pinkney is a famous illustrator who recently passed away. He has won numerous awards for his important work. Some of the fables, fairy tales, and legends he illustrated are. The Little Red Hen, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Little Mermaid, all of which were published between 2005 and 2020. - Hassan]]> 2022-02-24 17:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065033747 2816871 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065034224 He was the first solo African-american to win the Caldecott Medal for picture book illustration]]> 2022-02-24 17:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065034224 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065034538 A native of Philadelphia, Jerry Pinkney studied at the Philadelphia College of Art]]> 2022-02-24 17:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065034538 2816921 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065034700 His mother, Willimae, was a domestic worker. His father, James, was a house painter, who also hung wallpaper. Jerry began drawing at a young age. He graduated from the commerical art course at Dobbins Vocational High School in PA. ]]> 2022-02-24 17:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065034700 281735 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065037994 His books, I am excited to read. His art inspired and will still inspire after he passed away. - Sabrina]]> 2022-02-24 17:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065037994 2816581 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065038835 In 2003, Jerry was appointed to the National Council of the Arts (NEA), and served from 2003 to 2009. He was also appointed to serve on the US Postal Services Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee from 1982 to 1992]]> 2022-02-24 17:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065038835 2816921 https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065038950 Met his wife, Gloria Jean Maultsby, at his highschool. They got married while earning a degree at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. They moved to Boston where he worked as a graphic designer.]]> 2022-02-24 17:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bloomfield/yvnxblh4pqj562t8/wish/2065038950