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DocuSign Envelope ID:8AA3BC1F-B680-4976-AB39-E8045449CDA3 <br /> 5/17/LO1b uon i ate))iweuia-Children's Book Author and Illustrator <br /> The Cart That Carried Uartin (Charlesbridge, 2013) is a Junior Library Guild Selection, 2014 Notable <br /> Social Studies Trade Books for Young People recipient, 2013 Blue Ribbon winner presented by The Bulletin of <br /> the Center for Children's Books; hope's Gift (Penguin, 2012)was Selected for the 2014 Notable Social <br /> Studies Trade Books for Young People; Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite (Charlesbridge, 2011); She <br /> Laved Baseball (HarperCollins); and Ron's Big Mission (Penguin). He is also the author of It Jes' <br /> Happened: When Bill Traylor Started To Draw an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor winner. The book <br /> was also selected as a Kirkus Best Children's Books List Selection, a Booklist Editors' Choice, 2012, and a <br /> New York Public Library Top 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, as well as one of Bank Street College of <br /> Education Best Children's Books of the Year, 2012. <br /> Don's upcoming titles include The Amazing Age of John RoLynch (Illustrator, Eerdmans, 2015), and Poet: <br /> The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton(Author and illustrator, Peachtree, <br /> Don is a founding host of the The Brown Bookshelf—a blog dedicated to books for African American young <br /> readers; and a member of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign, created to address the lack of diverse, non- <br /> majority narratives in children's hterature.2015). <br /> He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Tammy, and his son, Kolby. <br /> Media photos: <br /> Feel free to download and use any of the photos below: <br /> http://dontate.com/media/ 3/8 <br />