Carole Boston Weatherford, a two-time NAACP Image Award winner, is the author of the Newbery Honor Book
Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, as well as three Caldecott Honor Books, including
Freedom in Congo Square and
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. She also wrote
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins. Born in Baltimore, she first encountered Elijah Cummings when he was president of the Monumental City Bar Association, an affiliate of the National Bar Association, for which she was publicist. Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University, in North Carolina.
Laura Freeman is a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honoree. Her work has been recognized with an NAACP Image Award, reached the
New York Times bestseller List, and been honored by the Society of Illustrators, the Georgia Center for the Book, and in the annuals for
Communication Arts and
American Illustration. In addition to illustrating books, Laura's art can be found on a wide range of products, from dishes and textiles to greeting cards, and her editorial images are frequently seen in the
New York Times and other periodicals. She invites you to visit her website, LFreemanArt.com, to discover more about her.
