Eloise Greenfield

Eloise Greenfield (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American writer of children's books and poetry. She was well-known for her sense of rhythm and description of the African-American experience, including efforts to end racism in the United States.^[1]

Selected works[change | change source]

Fiction

Bubbles (1972, illustrated by Eric Marlow, later reprinted as Good News)
She Comes Bringing Me that Little Baby Girl (1974, illustrated by John Steptoe; winner of the Irma Simonton Black Award, Bank Street College of Education)
Sister (1974, illustrated by Moneta Barnett; winner of The New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year citation)
Me and Neesie (1975, illustrated by Moneta Barnett)
First Pink Light (1976, illustrated by Barnett)
Africa Dream (1976, illustrated by Carole Byard; Coretta Scott King Award winner)
I Can Do It by Myself (1978, with her mother, Lessie Jones Little, illustrated by Byard)
Talk About a Family (1978, illustrated by James Calvin)
Darlene (1980, illustrated by George Ford)
Grandmama's Joy (1980, illustrated by Byard)
Grandpa's Face (1988, illustrated by Floyd Cooper)
Big Friend, Little Friend (1991, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist)
I Make Music (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Lisa's Daddy and Daughter Day (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
My Doll, Keshia (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
My Daddy and I (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Koya DeLaney and the Good Girl Blues (1992)
Aaron and Gayla's Alphabet Book (1993, illustrated by Gilchrist)
William and the Good Old Days (1993, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Sweet Baby Coming (1994, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Honey, I Love (1995 picture book, illustrated by Gilchrist)
On My Horse (1995, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Easter Parade (1998, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Water, Water (1999)
MJ and Me (1999)
Grandma's Joy (1999)
The Friendly Four (2006, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Thinker: my puppy poet and me" (2019, illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi)
Alaina and the Great Play (2021, illustrated by Colin Bootman)

Biographies and non-fiction

Rosa Parks (1973, illustrated by Eric Marlow; winner of the 1974 Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies)
Paul Robeson (1975, illustrated by Ford; winner of the 1976 Jane Addams Children's Book Award; Coretta Scott King Honor)
Mary McLeod Bethune (1977, illustrated by Pinkney; Coretta Scott King Honor)
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (1979, with her mother, L. J. Little, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; Coretta Scott King Honor; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award)
Alesia (1981, with Alesia Revis, illustrated by Ford, with photographs by Sandra Turner Bond)
For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me (1997, illustrated by Gilchrist)
How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea (2003, illustrated by Gilchrist)
The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives (2019, illustrated by Daniel Minter)

Poetry

Honey, I Love and Other Poems (1978, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon; winner of the Recognition of Merit Award)
Daydreamers (1981, illustrated by Tom Feeling)
Nathaniel Talking (1988, illustrated by Gilchrist; Coretta Scott King Honor)
Under the Sunday Tree (1988, illustrated by Amos Ferguson)
Night on Neighborhood Street (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist; Coretta Scott King Honor)
Angels (1998, illustrated by Gilchrist)
I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs (2001, illustrated by Gilchrist)
In the Land of Words (2004, illustrated by Gilchrist)
When the horses ride by: Children in the times of war (2006, illustrated by Gilchrist)
Brothers & Sisters (2008, illustrated by Gilchrist)
The Great Migration: Journey to the North (2011, illustrated by Gilchrist; Coretta Scott King Honor)