Africa Dream, illustrated by Carole Byard, John Day (New York, NY), 1977. In her breakthrough collection, Honey, I Love: And Other Love Poems (1978), she described the courage of Harriet Tubman, the former slave who led many to freedom. Ain't got it no more. Easter Parade, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1998. Something About the Author. If you guys think its good, Ill share it Daydreamers, with pictures by Tom Feelings, Dial, 1981. She also received a lifetime achievement citation from the Ninth Annual Celebration of Black Writing, Philadelphia, PA, 1993; the Milner Award; the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature; the American Library Association Notable Book citation; and the National Black Child Development Institute Award, among others.[13]. I keep on repeating the same poem over and over again. Education: Attended Miner Teachers College (now University of the District of Columbia), 1946-49. Illustrator Language Arts, September, 1980, Rosalie Black Kiah, "Profile: Eloise Greenfield," pp. Honey, I Love was recorded for album and audiocassette with music by Byron Morris, Honey Productions, 1982. This was the thought anyway, before Miss. By creating a story about a fictional person or place the author has the ability to speak about serious topics without causing any friction with people who may be involved with that particular situation. You just have to love it. Understand that rejections are a part of the process, and prepare for a way to earn a living while you are waiting to get published. The author of more than a dozen prize-winning books for children, Eloise Greenfield has helped give black youngsters a literature about their own life experiences. She has worked with a number of distinguished artists, including frequent collaborator Jan Spivey Gilchrist, John Steptoe, Moneta Barnett, Tom Feelings, Leo and Diane Dillon, Carole Byard, Jerry Pinkney, Pat Cummings, and Floyd Cooper. Abdollahi's illustrations provide a warm and cosy image of family and the one double-page spread of Thinker sharing his poetry with others in classroom brings the central theme of the collection to life. Anyone can read what you share. Honey, I Love, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Harper-Festival (New York, NY), 1995, twenty-fifth anniversary edition, 2003. Bubbles, illustrated by Eric Marlow, Drum and Spear Press (Washington, DC), 1972, published as Good News, illustrated by Pat Cummings, Coward (New York, NY), 1977. Selected writings. SIDELIGHTS: Eloise Greenfield is an acclaimed writer of prose and poetry for younger readers whose fiction is admired for presenting strong portraits of loving African American families. . Black Issues Book Review, November, 1999, review of Angels, p. 71, review of Koya Delaney and the Good Girl Blues, p. 75. The main characters are Thinker, a dog, and his boy Jace. Frequenting the library, Greenfield brought home two or three books a week on the craft of writing and, as she noted in her SAAS essay, "studied and wrote, and studied and wrote, and submitted my work to publishers."
