ILLUSTRATOR Anna Rich
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ILLUSTRATOR Anna Rich


ANNA RICH says her art career began in kindergarten. She much preferred coloring and drawing to her other class work. Anna received her B.F.A. degree from Rhode Island School of Design, and is an active member of the New York Chapter of the Graphic Artists Guild. She lives in Elmont, New York with her family and cats. She has illustrated a number of picture books, including Joshua's Masai Mask, Saturday at the New You, Little Louis and the Jazz Band, Kids' Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African-American Tradition, collected by Wade and Cheryl Hudson and Annie's Gifts, written by Angela Shelf Medearis. Both titles are published by Just Us Books.







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Annie's Gifts


AKids' Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African-American Tradition


















- Happy Kwanzaa!—the 6th Principle Is Kuumba
The sixth principle of Kwanzaa is Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah) Creativity—to do always as much as we can, in the way that we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it. "Art is timeless." —Toni Morrison KIDS'...

- African American Daily Quote For Kids
"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion." —Ethiopia taken from Kids' Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African American Tradition compiled by Cheryl and Wade Hudson, Just Us Books ...

- Illustrator R. Gregory Christie
R. GREGORY CHRISTIE grew up in New Jersey and received a B.A degree in media arts from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1993. While attending SVA, he had a position at the Guggenheim Museum, and interned for the Star Ledger newspaper,...

- Author Cheryl Willis Hudson
CHERYL WILLIS HUDSON is editorial director of Just Us Books, Inc., an independent publishing company that focuses on Black interest books for children and young adults. She and her husband Wade Hudson, founded Just Us Books in 1988 to address...

- Author Angela Shelf Medearis
ANGELA SHELF MEDEARIS was born in Virginia. Her family moved often, though, because her father was in the Air force. She says that each new place, "I knew there would always be a library, a friendly librarian, and my favorite book there to meet...



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