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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball [AUDIOBOOK] [CD] [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)
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Nelson discusses books, "Change Has Come" and "WE ARE THE SHIP" on Al's Book Club.
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WE ARE THE SHIP wins the Sibert Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor.
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A League of Their Own
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Pride of the Game: A Portfolio of the Negro Leagues by Kadir Nelson
Eight page feature of artwork from W.A.T.S.!
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Children’s Books
Published: February 17, 2008
CHAPTER BOOKS. This Week
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Award-winning artist uses talent to tell the Negro Leagues' story.
Illustrator Kadir Nelson lives in San Diego but a part of his heart stays in New Jersey.
"Atlantic City's always home to me," said the artist, who last month was named as a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association...
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Joey Reynlolds interviews with Kadir Nelson
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Illustrator draws way into hearts.
BRIDGETON -- Kadir Nelson has a low-key personality. A quiet man who is quick with a smile, he seems at ease with himself and those around him...
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Author illustrates courageous tales of black athletes.
PATERSON -- Welcome, kids, to a world where making dreams come true takes practice, practice, practice.
Author and illustrator Kadir Nelson brought that message to the students of the Norman S. Weir School on Friday as he spoke about his latest book: "We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball."...
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"The Shoulders of Giants"
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Artist draws plan for kids' success.
Kadir Nelson had a simple message Tuesday afternoon for students at Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School.
“If you want to be good at something, you have to do it a lot,” Nelson, an award-winning illustrator, told the students at the Bristol school...
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Artist Paints Negro Leaguers for Children's Book. Original oil paintings from the book We Are the Ship are now being exhibited at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum through April 13th. Kadir Nelson recently spoke with KCUR's Maria Carter about the book.
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"Illustrated Book Chronicles Negro League Pioneers." Michelle Norris interviews Nelson about his new book.
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A POTENTIAL TO BEAUTIFY.
JOLIET -- A children's book illustrator used the beauty of art to draw a life lesson for Drauden Point Middle School students.
Kadir Nelson spoke Monday to the sixth-grade students at the school as part of a national tour. The students are reading "We are Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball," which Nelson wrote and illustrated, as part of lessons about civil rights.....
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Original artwork from the new illustrated book WE ARE THE SHIP will be on display at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO.
Meet the artist at the opening reception January 26, 2008 at 11 am.
Book signing to follow.
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
1616 East 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-221-1920
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WSJ "Picks"
A new release for children celebrates the era of Negro Leagues Baseball.
In baseball, a sport that relishes statistics, the phrase "gone but not forgotten" has resonance. It is particularly apt in the case of Kadir Nelson's handsome new children's book "We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball."...
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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum art exhibit is a hit for history lovers.
Kadir Nelson is a prolific artist who also has produced a half dozen books for children and older readers.
His latest, We Are the Ship, tells the story, in words and stunningly colorful pictures, of Negro Leagues baseball. So it’s fitting that Nelson’s paintings from that book will go on display this weekend at Kansas City’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 1616 E. 18th St...
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By Felicia Pride, Children's Bookshelf -- Publishers Weekly, 12/20/2007
Award-winning illustrator Kadir Nelson makes his authorial debut next month with We Are the Ship (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun), which tells the story of Negro League baseball. Bookshelf chatted with Nelson about his new endeavor.
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