Bibliograph

Just Jerry, how drawing shaped my life : a memoir, by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney

Type

Label

Just Jerry, how drawing shaped my life : a memoir, by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8-12

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Just Jerry

Responsibility statement

by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney

Sub title

how drawing shaped my life : a memoir

Summary

Jerry Pinkney—creator of Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and The Little Mermaid—drew everywhere, all the time. Since childhood, it was how he made sense of the world—how he coped with the stress of being a sensitive child growing up in crowded spaces, struggling with a learning disability, in a time when the segregation of Black Americans was the norm. Only drawing could offer him a sense of calm, control, and confidence. When friends and siblings teased him about having the nickname “Jerry” as his only name, his mother always said, “Just ‘Jerry’ is enough. He’ll make something of that name someday.” And so he did, eventually becoming one of the most celebrated children’s book illustrators of all time and paving the way for countless other Black artists., --Amazon

Target audience

juvenile

Classification