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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · September 24, 2024
The Idea in You
By Sean Qualls · With Questlove
Discover where ideas come from and unleash your creativity.
32 pages
3.7/5 Goodreads · 94 ratings
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Children's book Illustrator
Sean Qualls
Biography
Sean Qualls is an award winning, Brooklyn-based, children’s book illustrator, artist and author. He has illustrated a number of highly acclaimed books for children, including Giant Steps to Change The World by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis-Lee, Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni Morrison and her son Slade, and Before John Was a Jazz Giant, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor. Sean also created the art for Dizzy by Jonah Winter and Skit Scat Raggedy Cat by Roxane Orgill. His work has received two Blue Ribbon citations from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. Qualls has created illustrations for magazines, newspapers, and advertisements and his work has been shown in galleries in New York and across the country.
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At a glance
Book Stats
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Authored
13
Illustrated
17
Collaborators
Picture books
13
Publishing timeline
Books published each year, stacked by book type.
Publication timeline from 2008 to 2024.
Book mix
The share of the catalog represented by each book type.
Book type breakdown: 13 picture books.
13
books
Complete bibliography
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Every title in the Bookroo library, ordered from newest to oldest.
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2024
Discover where ideas come from and unleash your creativity.
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Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 2018
Two children discover their great-grandfather's legacy as a freedom fighter and global icon.
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Picture Book · Ages 8–12 · 2018
Two poets navigate race and childhood through a school poetry project.
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Why Am I Me?
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2017
Two characters ponder identity, sparking a journey toward empathy and unity.
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Two Friends
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2016
Two friends discuss their fight for equal rights over tea. Can they change history?
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$1797
Emmanuel's Dream
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2015
A boy with one leg cycles 400 miles to prove disability is not inability.
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The Case for Loving
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2015
A couple defies the law to prove love knows no color.
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Lullaby
Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 2013
A poetic lullaby celebrates a mother's love for her baby.
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Freedom Song
Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2012
A man mails himself to freedom, defying all odds.
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Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat
Picture Book · Ages 5–9 · 2010
Orphaned and hungry, a young girl discovers her voice and changes her fate.
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Can Little Cloud learn the strength of unity with Lady Wind's help?
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A girl explores her family tree, discovering her future through past stories.
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Before John Was a Jazz Giant
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Discover how childhood sounds shaped a jazz legend's future.
Creative company
Collaborators
The authors and illustrators who share the credits across Sean Qualls's books.
01
Selina Alko
Author Illustrator / Illustrator / 4 shared books
SA
02
Ambassador Zindzi Mandela
Author / 1 shared book
AM
03
Carole Boston Weatherford
Author / 1 shared book
CW
04
Charles Waters
Author / 1 shared book
CW
05
Dean Robbins
Author / 1 shared book
DR
06
Irene Latham
Author / 1 shared book
IL
07
Langston Hughes
Author / 1 shared book
LH
08
Laurie Ann Thompson
Author / 1 shared book
LT
09
Paige Britt
Author / 1 shared book
PB
10
Questlove
Author / 1 shared book
Q
11
Roxane Orgill
Author / 1 shared book
RO
12
Sally M. Walker
Author / 1 shared book
SW
13
Slade Morrison
Author / 1 shared book
SM
14
Toni Morrison
Author / 1 shared book
TM
15
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Author / 1 shared book
VN
16
Zazi and Ziwelene Mandela
Author / 1 shared book
ZM
17
Zondwa Mandela
Author / 1 shared book
ZM