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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Salah Badis with International Writing Program
November 19, 2018
A reading with Salah Badis. Algerian poet, journalist, and translator Salah Badis…
2018/2019 Portland Arts & Lectures
December 4, 2018
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One Page Wednesday December
December 5, 2018
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The Moth Mainstage in Portland
December 10, 2018
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Everybody Reads 2019: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (SOLD OUT)
March 14, 2019
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2019 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
April 22, 2019
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