Bryan Collier, award winning illustrator celebrated his birthday Jan. 31 He has illustrated several books. I bought his first illustrated book Uptown years ago at an ALA conference. The publisher rep told me he was an up and coming illustrator. She was right. My students loved the book and I have bought many of his books since then!
Information about him can be found at these two sites: Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House
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