Eric Velasquez

Eric Velasquez won the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for his illustrations in The Piano Man. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and now lives in Hartsdale, New York, with his wife, Deborah.

Books by Author

	Our Children Can Soar By Michelle Cook, Introduction by Marian Wright Edelman (see sidebar for list of illustrators)
	I, Matthew Henson Written by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
	Houdini Written by Kathleen Krull Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
	Jesse Owens Written by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
	Grandma's Records By Eric Velasquez
	Liberty Street Written by Candice F. Ransom Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
	Champion Written by Jim Haskins Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
	The Sound That Jazz Makes Written by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Eric Velasquez

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