Kadir Nelson
WEATHER ALERT! SATURDAY PROGRAM WITH KADIR NELSON IS CANCELLED.
WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT SEASON.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, Oakland, 10:30 am
From Barack Obama to Harriet Tubman to Negro league baseball, Kadir Nelson has garnered two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, a Caldecott Honor, and an NAACP Image Award for his lushly illustrated American history picture books.
Kadir Nelson's Links
Books to check out at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Kadir Nelson's Web Site www.kadirnelson.com
Preview of Kadir's Latest, Mama Miti http://books.simonandschuster.com/Mama-Miti/Donna-Jo-Napoli/9781416935056
Kadir's We Are the Ship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1OqigCq8H4
Reading Rocket Interview http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/nelson
Kadir in his own words http://www.bookpage.com/0601bp/meet_kadir_nelson.html
In-depth interview with Kadir http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1179