John Lewis Steptoe, creator of award-winning picture books for children, was born in Brooklyn on September 14, 1950 and was raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of that borough.
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The Caldecott Award
An ALA Notable Book
The Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration
Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Illustration
Reading Rainbow Featured Book THE STORY OF JUMPING MOUSE
The Caldecott Award
An ALA Notable Book
Horn Book Fanfare Honor List ALL THE COLORS OF THE RACE by Arnold Adoff
An ALA Notable Book
Reading Rainbow Highlighted Book THANK YOU, JACKIE ROBINSON by Barbara Cohen
An ALA Notable Book MOTHER CROCODILE by Rosa Guy
The Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration The 1989 Milner Award
Voted by Atlanta schoolchildren for their favorite author To host an art exhibit of the work of John Steptoe at your school, college, gallery or museum, please us.
John Steptoe's daughter and son, designer Bweela Steptoe and writer and illustrator Javaka Steptoe, are available for school visits.
THE SESAME STREET READING OF STEVIE ON YOUTUBE
Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour
After phenomenally successful tours in the 2008-09 & 2011-12 seasons that visited well over 60 cities, Dallas Children's Theater brought back its original musical adaptation of this Caldecott Award winning African folktale.
For all permission requests pertaining to John Steptoe’s artwork, writings or the exploitation of any of the following rights, including foreign and domestic publication rights, including UK, translation, magazine, newspaper, book club, audio, paperback reprint, hardcover reprint, large print, television, motion picture (including props and set dressing), radio, dramatic, public readings, electronic reproduction, and other formats or any other rights not stated, please contact:
Bweela Steptoe
PO Box 330-170
Brooklyn, NY 11233-0170
718-753-8544
