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American Story, An (Signed x 2 Bookplate, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award)
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American Story, An (Signed x 2 Bookplate, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award) Hardcover - 2023

by Alexander, Kwame; Illustrated By Dare Coulter

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New York: Little Brown and Company, 2023 Pictorial boards in color pictorial dust jacket. A picture book about how we can discuss the difficult history of African-Americans, slavery, and inequality in America. Stunning artwork which took Coulter 6 years to complete, combining painting, sculpture and drawing. Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, PW Best Picture Book, NYT Best Children's Book, NPR Best Book of the Year. This copy with a bookplate signed by author & illustrator affixed to endpaper.. First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Dare Coulter. Square 4to.
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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2022, Page 67
  • BookPage, 02/01/2023, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2023, Page 98
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2023, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/2022, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/19/2022, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 12/01/2022, Page 98

About the author

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times bestselling author of 35 books, including the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, the Newbery medal-winning novel, The Crossover (an Emmy-winning TV series on Disney plus), and Becoming Muhammad Ali, co-authored with James Patterson. He is also a regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition. He invites you to visit him at kwamealexander.com.


Dare Coulter (she/her) is an award-winning artist, muralist, and sculptor whose primary artistic objective is to create positive imagery of black people and families. She received the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration for her art in An American Story. She lives in North Carolina but intends to have a global presence by installing sculptures depicting black joy around the world. She invites you to visit her at darecoulter.com and can be found on Instagram and Twitter @darecoulter.

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