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Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style and positive portrayal of the African-American experience.

After college, Greenfield began writing poetry and songs in the 1950s while working in a civil service job. In 1962, after years of submitting her work, her first poem was finally accepted for publication. In 1972, she published the first of her 48 children's books, including picture books, novels, poetry and biographies. She focused her work on realistic but positive portrayals of African-American communities, families and friendships. She also worked to encourage the writing and publishing of African-American literature and taught creative writing.

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Eloise Greenfield

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Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American children's book and biography author and poet famous for her descriptive, rhythmic style...

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Jan Spivey Gilchrist

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Parade (by Eloise Greenfield, 1998) ISBN 9780786822713 Water, Water (by Eloise Greenfield, 1999) ISBN 9780694012473 Angels (by Eloise Greenfield, 1998) ISBN 9780786804429...

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List of Amistad Press books

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Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks (2006) Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems, Eloise Greenfield (2008) Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America...

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List of Reading Rainbow episodes

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Many Colors by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree; Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Carole Byard; Daddy is a Monster Sometimes by John...

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Coretta Scott King Award

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Bishop, Professor Emerita of Education at Ohio State University 2018: Eloise Greenfield, author 2019: Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy, Professor of Library Science...

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Childtimes

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the late 19th century through the 20th century: children's author Eloise Greenfield, her mother, Lessie Jones Little, and her grandmother, Pattie Ridley...

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Leo and Diane Dillon

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Prairie, written by John Bierhorst / Dial Press 1972 Honey, I Love, Eloise Greenfield / Viking 1973 Blast Off, Linda C. Cain and Susan Rosenbaum / Xerox...

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Tom Feelings

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(1974) Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes (1978) Daydreamers by Eloise Greenfield (1981) Now Sheba Sings the Song by Maya Angelou (1987) Tommy Traveler...

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Amos Ferguson

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illustrate "Under the Sunday Tree" (1991), a collection of poetry by Eloise Greenfield. Ferguson's official Art Gallery is located in Nassau, Bahamas. He...

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Deaths in August 2021

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Australian actor (The Sullivans, Fergus McPhail, Neighbours), cancer. Eloise Greenfield, 91, American author (The Great Migration: Journey to the North)....

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42nd NAACP Image Awards

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Cepeda (Illustrator) The Great Migration: Journey to the North – Eloise Greenfield (Author), Jan Pivey Gilchrist (Illustrator) Condoleezza Rice A Memoir...

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1979 in literature

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The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination Eloise Greenfield, Lessie Jones Little, Pattie Ridley Jones – Childtimes: A Three-Generation...

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Half Brothers

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Half Brothers is a 2020 American comedy road movie directed by Luke Greenfield from a screenplay by Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman. It stars Luis Gerardo...

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Daniel Minter

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Women Who Caught The Babies: A Story of African American Midwives, by Eloise Greenfield 2019: I Remember: Poems and Pictures of Heritage, compiled by Lee...

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Don Tate

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the Veggies (And Their Friends) (Alazar, April 1. 2018), written by Eloise Greenfield. Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream on Inventions (Charlesbridge...

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2011 in poetry

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from the World, 96 pages, New Directions, ISBN 978-0-8112-1887-0 Eloise Greenfield, The Great Migration: Journey to the North, 32 pages, Amistad,...

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BlackRock

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from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023. Gibson, Eloise (9 August 2023). "Government partners with US investment giant BlackRock...

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