Born:Boston, Massachusetts,
United States Of America
Current Home:
Poughkeepsie, New York,
Myles C. Pinkney
Biography
Myles Pinkney, along with his wife Sandra Pinkney, is the creator of the NAACP Image Award winning Shades of Black, along with A Rainbow All Around Me, and Read and Rise, a collaboration with the National Urban League.
Myles illustrated each title in a dazzling multicultural photo essay style. They show the diversity of skin color and other characteristics of African American children, and feature appearances by their own children, Myles ("Leon"), Charnelle-Rene and Rashad.
Myles Pinkney is a free-lance photographer who, in addition to collaborating with his wife, has illustrated books by celebrated children's author, Nikki Grimes. Myles graduated from Marist College with a BA in communications; however he has been studying photography since he was a child.
Myles and Sandra Pinkney live in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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Read and Rise
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Read and Rise
by Sandra L. Pinkney and Myles C. PinkneyYour child can be anything: astronaut, pilot, doctor, chef, firefighter . . . anything! Scholastic and the National Urban League come together with the Pinkneys in a book of poetic words and pictures that encourage your child to reach for her dreams and to use books to help her achieve them. Features a foreword by Maya Angelou.
$15.99
Page Turners
Build self-esteem and motivate children to excel through poetry and images that celebrate the possibilities found in bo
Hardcover Book | Grades K-2
Grades K-2 $15.99
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Shades of Black
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Shades of Black
by Sandra L. Pinkney and Myles C. PinkneyWith brilliant photos and whimsical text, this photo album celebrates the shades of African-American skin and the beauty of unique eyes and hair. If your child's trying to figure out where she fits in, this confidence-boosting book will show her to love herself whether she's "brassy yellow like popcorn," "midnight blue in a licorice stick," or the "white frost in vanilla ice cream."
$15.95
Hardcover Book | Grades 1-2
Grades 1-2 $15.95
