Janelle Washington Explained

Janelle Washington
Birth Date:	18 September 1977
Birth Place:	Virginia
Occupation:	Paper Cut Artist Illustration
Nationality:	Arican American
Training:
Works:	Choosing Brave
Awards:	Caldecott Honor (2023)

Janelle Washington (born September 18, 1977) is an American paper cut artist, author, and illustrator of children's picture books. She is known for her illustrations of the book Choosing Brave,^[1] ^[2] the Caldecott Honor-winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till and how she handled her son's murder.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Personal

Washington was born in 1977 in Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Awards

2023 Caldecott Honor for Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement^[6]
2023 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award for Choosing Brave^[7]
2023 Sibert Honor for Choosing Brave
2023 The Walter Dean Myers Award for Choosing Brave
2023 Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Choosing Brave
2023 Pictus Honor Award for Choosing Brave
2023 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Choosing Brave
2023 Cybils Award for Choosing Brave

Notes and References

https://us.macmillan.com/author/janellewashington
Web site: Staff reports . 2023-02-28 . Laurel Ridge welcomes Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator to Middletown Campus this week . 2023-11-18 . Fauquier Times, PrinceWilliamTimes.com . en.
Web site: Janelle Washington is a paper cut artist. ★ . 2023-11-18 . AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club . en.
Web site: P&P Live! Angela Joy & Janelle Washington Choosing Brave . 2023-11-18 . Eventbrite . en-us.
Web site: Valentine . Victoria L. . 2020-08-02 . September Issue: Oprah Magazine Enlists Two Black Female Artists to Pay Tribute to Breonna Taylor . 2023-11-18 . Culture Type . en-US.
Web site: Parravano . Martha V. . The 2023 Caldecott Announcement . 2024-10-26 . The Horn Book.
Web site: 2023 Winners and Honors Coretta Scott King Roundtable . 2024-10-26 . www.ala.org . en.