Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy

Pinkney, Andrea Davis; Pinkney, Brian [Illustrator]

ISBN 10: 0152021035 / ISBN 13: 9780152021030

Published by HMH Books for Young Readers, 1999

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 0152021035-3-18717983

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy
• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152021035
• ISBN 13: 9780152021030
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 6 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

The true sweat-and-dirt tale of the feisty cowboy-child who became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived. Includes a note about the history of the black West and a bibliography.

About the Authors

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times best-selling author of several books for young readers, including the novel Bird in a Box, a Today Show Al Roker Book Club for Kids pick, and Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award. Additional works include the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor book Duke Ellington, illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney; and Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, a Coretta Scott King Honor book and winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award. Andrea Davis Pinkney lives in New York City.

Brian Pinkney is a celebrated picture-book illustrator who has won two Caldecott Honors. His professional recognition includes the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors. He has collaborated with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, on several picture books including Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra and Sleeping Cutie. The Pinkneys live in Brooklyn, New York.