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    April Harrison, author portrait
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    April Harrison

    April Harrison is an award-winning children's book illustrator. She received the Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe New Talent Award for Patricia C. McKissack's final picture book, What Is Given from the Heart, which received four starred reviews and which the New York Times Book Review called an "exquisite story of generosity." She also received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for Me and the Boss. April illustrated Alicia D. William's Shirley Chisholm Dared, as well as Tricia Elam Walker's Nana Akua Goes to School, which also received four starred reviews. Her work appears in the public collections of Vanderbilt University, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, the Atlanta Housing Authority, and the Erskine University Museum and in many private collections. April lives in South Carolina. Visit her at april-harrison.com.
    Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
    Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
    Breanna J. McDaniel , April Harrison
    9780593324202
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 06, 2024
    Dial Books
    Grades K-3
    Shirley Chisholm Dared
    Shirley Chisholm Dared
    The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
    Alicia D. Williams , April Harrison
    9780593123683
    $17.99 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 01, 2021
    Anne Schwartz Books
    Grades 6-8
    What Is Given from the Heart
    What Is Given from the Heart
    Patricia C. McKissack , April Harrison
    9780375836152
    $19.99 US
    Hardcover
    Jan 08, 2019
    Schwartz & Wade
    Grades 6-8

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    Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
    Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
    Breanna J. McDaniel, April Harrison
    9780593324202
    $18.99 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 06, 2024
    Dial Books
    Grades K-3
    Shirley Chisholm Dared
    Shirley Chisholm Dared
    The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress
    Alicia D. Williams, April Harrison
    9780593123683
    $17.99 US
    Hardcover
    Jun 01, 2021
    Anne Schwartz Books
    Grades 6-8
    What Is Given from the Heart
    What Is Given from the Heart
    Patricia C. McKissack, April Harrison
    9780375836152
    $19.99 US
    Hardcover
    Jan 08, 2019
    Schwartz & Wade
    Grades 6-8

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