Kadir Nelson is an author and illustrator whose picture books use large, carefully composed paintings to tell stories from African American history, sport and family life. We Are the Ship recounts the history of Negro League baseball through a collective first-person voice and portraits of players, owners and ballparks. Heart and Soul presents African American history from slavery through the civil-rights era as a family-like oral narrative, while The Undefeated, written by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Nelson, pairs spare verse with monumental portraits of Black achievement, struggle and memory. Nelson's books are visual first, but the text is clear and historically grounded, making them useful for shared reading as well as independent exploration. They fit illustrated Black history, picture-book biography and sports history for children, particularly for readers who respond strongly to realistic artwork and narrative non-fiction. Read more Less
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