Author & Illustrator

Floyd Cooper

Biography

Floyd Cooper (www.floydcooper.com) always dreamed of becoming an artist, and he has now illustrated dozens of books for children, including Jump! (From the Life of Michael Jordan), Back of the Bus, and Max and the Tag-Along Moon. He received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. He lives in New Jersey with his family. Follow him on Twitter @floydcooper4.

A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story
The Ring Bearer
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
These Hands
Juneteenth for Mazie
A Dance Like Starlight

Most Popular Floyd Cooper Books

    picture • 32 Pages
    Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
    Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper
    picture • 40 Pages
    A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day
    Leah Henderson, Floyd Cooper
    picture • 32 Pages
    A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
    Anne Rockwell, Floyd Cooper
    picture • 32 Pages
    These Hands
    Floyd Cooper, Margaret H. Maso
    picture • 40 Pages
    A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story
    Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, Floyd Cooper
    picture • 32 Pages
    Meet Danitra Brown
    Nikki Grimes, Floyd Cooper

Book Stats

2
Authored
13
Illustrated
11
Collaborators

All Floyd Cooper Books

Hardcover
$18.99$17.66
picture • 32 Pages
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
picture • 40 Pages
A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story
5.5
Physical book
$18.99$17.66
picture • 32 Pages
The Ring Bearer
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
picture • 32 Pages
A Spy Called James: The True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
Library Binding
$18.99$17.66
picture • 32 Pages
These Hands
Paperback
$7.99$7.59
picture • 40 Pages
Juneteenth for Mazie
5.5
Hardcover
$15.95$14.83
picture • 32 Pages
A Dance Like Starlight
5.0
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
chapter • 120 Pages
Becoming Billie Holiday
Hardcover
$19.95$18.95
picture • 32 Pages
The Most Precious Gift
Hardcover
$16.99$15.97
picture • 32 Pages
Sweet, Sweet Memory
Physical book
$14.74$13.71
picture • 32 Pages
Meet Danitra Brown
Paperback
$7.99$7.59
picture • 32 Pages
Ma Dear's Aprons
Hardcover
$19.99$18.99

Collaborators

Carole Boston Weatherford
Leah Henderson
Anne Rockwell
Margaret H. Maso
Sharon Langley
Amy Nathan
Nikki Grimes
Kristy Dempsey
Marty Crisp
Jacqueline Woodson
Patricia C. McKissack

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