"It's one of the more shocking and little-known stories of the civil rights movement: In 1963, the City of Birmingham jailed hundreds of kids for joining the Children's March. *A United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Book Club Selection* *Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year* She hopes that when people look at her work, it will make them feel happy in some way, or even reclaim a bit of their childhood. Vanessa is the illustrator of A Night Out with Mama by Quvenzhané Wallis, The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson, Presenting…Tallulah by Tori Spelling, and Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner, among others. Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught artist and has attended both FIT and SVA of New York, where she studied fashion and children’s illustration. Cynthia and her husband divide their time between Austin and Boston, which, helpfully, rhyme, in case she gets lost. She has two daughters, two sons-in-law, four grandchildren, and two grand-dogs -all of whom are thoroughly splendid. Woodson Book Award, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and numerous other honors. Her books have received the Sibert Medal, the Carter G. Cynthia Levinson is the author of nonfiction books for young readers that focus on social justice, including The Youngest Marcher, The People’s Painter, and Fault Lines in the Constitution.
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