Oge Mora Explained

Notable Works:	Thank You, Omu!
Genre:	Children's books
Alma Mater:	Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation:	Author, illustrator

Oge Mora is a children's book illustrator and author living in Providence, Rhode Island.^[1] She received a Caldecott Honor,^[2] Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent,^[3] and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award^[4] in 2019 for her book, Thank You, Omu!.

Her parents emigrated from Nigeria to Columbus, Ohio.^[5] Mora attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). While taking a class called "Picture and Word" at RISD, she created a picture book mock-up, titled Omu's Stew for her final project. The teacher invited editors and art directors to see the final work and Mora's draft was picked up by publisher Little, Brown and Company^[6] and published as Thank You, Omu!.

Her illustrations are created with cut paper, paint, and china markers.^[7]

Works

Author and illustrator

• Thank You, Omu!, 2018
• Saturday, 2019^[8]

Illustrator

• Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World, 2018, contributing illustrator^[9]
• The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, 2020^[10]
• Everybody in the Red Brick Building, October 2021^{[11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oge Mora Bio . October 27, 2020 . Oge Mora Official Website.
2. Web site: 2019-12-20. 2019 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books. 2021-09-15. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). en.
3. Web site: October 27, 2020 . Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present .
4. Web site: 2019 EJK Award Winners. 2021-09-15. The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.
5. News: Corbett . Sue . Fall 2018 Flying Starts: Oge Mora . Publishersweekly.com . October 27, 2020.
6. Web site: Sutton . Roger . September 5, 2018 . Oge Mora Talks with Roger . October 27, 2020.
7. Web site: Corbett . Sue . December 21, 2018 . Fall 2018 Flying Starts: Oge Mora . September 6, 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
8. Web site: June 26, 2019 . Saturday . October 27, 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
9. Web site: Sewing . Joy . March 23, 2018 . When women rise up in children's books . October 27, 2020 . Houston Chronicle.
10. Web site: November 14, 2019 . The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read . October 27, 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
11. Web site: July 17, 2020 . Children's Books for Fall 2020 . October 27, 2020 . Publishers Weekly.
12. Web site: WaaaAAH! Rraak! 'Everybody in the Red Brick Building' is awake! . NPR . 31 March 2022 . en.