Janelle Washington

Janelle Washington
Janelle Washington
Born	February 11, 1983 (age 41); Virgina
Nationality	American
Education	Virginia Commonwealth University;
Occupation(s)	Author and Illustration
Notable work	Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmitt Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement;
Awards	Caldecott Medal ; Caldecott Honor ;

Janelle Washington (born November 2, 1983) is an American author, paper cut artist and illustrator of children's picture books. She is best known for her illustrations of the book Choosing Brave written by Angela Joy and published by Roaring Brook Press^[1], a Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till and how she dealt with her son's death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.^[2]^[3]

Personal

Janelle Washington was born in 1984 in Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Awards

Randolph Caldecott Medal for Choosing Brave

References

^ https://us.macmillan.com/author/janellewashington
^ "Janelle Washington is a paper cut artist. ★". AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
^ Valentine, Victoria L. (2020-08-02). "September Issue: Oprah Magazine Enlists Two Black Female Artists to Pay Tribute to Breonna Taylor". Culture Type. Retrieved 2023-11-18.

[1] ttps://us.macmillan.com/author/janellewashington

[2] "Janelle Washington is a paper cut artist. ★". AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved 2023-11-18.

[3] Valentine, Victoria L. (2020-08-02). "September Issue: Oprah Magazine Enlists Two Black Female Artists to Pay Tribute to Breonna Taylor". Culture Type. Retrieved 2023-11-18.

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