Illustrator

E.B. Lewis

Biography

E.B. Lewis is the award-winning illustrator of such books as Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald, which was a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, and This Little Light of Mine. He received the Caldecott Honor for Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes. E.B. Lewis lives in New Jersey, and you can visit him online at EBLewis.com.

Dark Was the Night
Lizzie Demands a Seat!
Preaching to the Chickens
The First Step
Seeds of Freedom
The Everlasting Embrace
Trouper
All Different Now
Tea Cakes for Tosh
Each Kindness

Most Popular E.B. Lewis Books

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    Each Kindness
    Jacqueline Woodson, E.B. Lewis
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    The Other Side
    Jacqueline Woodson, E.B. Lewis
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    All Different Now
    Angela Johnson, E.B. Lewis
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    I Love My Hair!
    Natasha Anastasia Tarpley, E. B. Lewis, E.B. Lewis
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    Preaching to the Chickens
    Jabari Asim, E. B. Lewis, E.B. Lewis
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    My Best Friend
    Mary Ann Rodman, E. B. Lewis, E.B. Lewis

Book Stats

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47
Illustrated
39
Collaborators

All E.B. Lewis Books

YearTitleAuthorIllustratorPages
2020Dark Was the NightGary GolioE.B. Lewis32
2020Lizzie Demands a Seat!Beth AndersonE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2016Preaching to the ChickensJabari AsimE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2016The First StepSusan E. GoodmanE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis40
2015Seeds of FreedomHester BassE.B. Lewis32
2014The Everlasting EmbraceGabrielle EmanuelE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis40
2013TrouperMeg KearneyE.B. Lewis32
2013All Different NowAngela JohnsonE.B. Lewis40
2012Tea Cakes for ToshKelly Starling LyonsE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2012Each KindnessJacqueline WoodsonE.B. Lewis32
2012Under the Baobab TreeJulie StiegemeyerE.B. Lewis32
2010Home Is with Our FamilyJoyce HansenE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis288
2010Jackie's GiftSharon RobinsonE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2009Stars Above UsGeoffrey NormanE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2009Homegrown HouseJanet S. WongE.B. Lewis40
2009Want to Be FreeJoseph SlateE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2009The Negro Speaks of RiversLangston HughesE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2009The Secret World of Walter AndersonHester BassE.B. Lewis48
2008Keeping the Night WatchHope Anita SmithE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis80
2007D is for Drinking GourdNancy I SandersE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis40
2007Pitching in for EubieJerdine NolenE.B. Lewis32
2006Night Boat to FreedomMargot Theis RavenE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis40
2006Across the AlleyRichard MichelsonE.B. Lewis32
2005Happy FeetRichard MichelsonE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2005Danitra Brown, Class ClownNikki GrimesE.B. Lewis32
2005This Little Light of MinePublic DomainE.B. Lewis32
2005My Best FriendMary Ann RodmanE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2004Coming on Home SoonJacqueline WoodsonE.B. Lewis32
2004When You Were BornDianna Hutts AstonE.B. Lewis32
2004Circle UnbrokenMargot Theis RavenE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis48
2003Sometimes My Mommy Gets AngryBebe Moore CampbellE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2002Bippity Bop BarbershopNatasha Anastasia TarpleyE.B. Lewis32
2001Little Cliff's First Day of SchoolClifton L. TaulbertᐧE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2001The Other SideJacqueline WoodsonE.B. Lewis32
2000Faraway HomeJane KurtzE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
2000Dirt on Their SkirtsDoreen Rappaport, Lyndall CallanE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis48
2000Virgie Goes to School with Us BoysElizabeth Fitzgerald HowardE.B. Lewis32
1999My Rows and Piles of CoinsTololwa M. MollelE.B. Lewis32
1999Little Cliff and the Porch PeopleClifton L. TaulbertE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
1998I Love My Hair!Natasha Anastasia TarpleyE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
1998The Bat Boy & His ViolinGavin CurtisE.B. Lewis32
1998Talkin' About BessieNikki GrimesE.B. Lewis48
1997Only a PigeonJane Kurtz, Christopher KurtzE.B. Lewis40
1997CreativityE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis32
1996Magid Fasts for RamadanMary MatthewsE. B. LewisᐧE.B. Lewis48
1995Down the RoadAlice SchertleE.B. Lewis40
1994Fire on the MountainJane KurtzE.B. Lewis40

Collaborators

Jacqueline Woodson
Angela Johnson
Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
E. B. Lewis
Jabari Asim
Mary Ann Rodman
Hester Bass
Jane Kurtz
Christopher Kurtz
Margot Theis Raven
Tololwa M. Mollel
Beth Anderson
Doreen Rappaport
Lyndall Callan
Susan E. Goodman
Nikki Grimes
Alice Schertle
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Gavin Curtis
Gary Golio
Sharon Robinson
Richard Michelson
Public Domain
Bebe Moore Campbell
Kelly Starling Lyons
Meg Kearney
Langston Hughes
Nancy I Sanders
Julie Stiegemeyer
Geoffrey Norman
Jerdine Nolen
Dianna Hutts Aston
Joyce Hansen
Clifton L. Taulbert
Gabrielle Emanuel
Hope Anita Smith
Mary Matthews
Joseph Slate
Janet S. Wong

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