Javaka Steptoe is a Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Illustrator award-winning artist, designer, and illustrator. His debut picture book, In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall, won the Coretta Scott King Award, and Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow (written by Gary Golio) received a Coretta Scott King Honor. He has also illustrated Do You Know What I’ll Do? by Charlotte Zolotow, A Pocketful of Poems by Nikki Grimes, Amiri and Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers, Rain Play by Cynthia Cotten, and Hot Day on Abbott Avenue by Karen English, which received the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. He is also the author and illustrator of The Jones Family Express and the Caldecott award-winning Radiant Child.
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2018/2019 Portland Arts & Lectures
October 11, 2018
Series subscriptions start at just $90, and include five memorable evenings with…
Gramma Poetry: Anastacia-Reneé
October 19, 2018
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PDX Jazz Discover Jazz: Martin Mueller
October 25, 2018
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2018 Portland Book Festival presented by Bank of America
November 10, 2018
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The Moth Mainstage in Portland
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Everybody Reads 2019: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
March 14, 2019
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