James Ransome
Children's Illustrator
James E. Ransome was named by the Children's Book Council as one of 75 authors and illustrators everyone should know. Currently a member of the Society of Illustrators, Ransome has received both the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and the IBBY Honor Award for his book
The Creation (Holiday House Inc). He has also received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Illustration for
Uncle Jed's Barbershop (Simon & Schuster), which was selected as an ALA Notable Book and is currently being shown as a feature on Reading Rainbow. Visit him at
www.jamesransome.com.