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Kadir Nelson
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Kadir Nelson reads from We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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Kadir Nelson reads from Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
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In-depth Written Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kadir Nelson about Nelson Mandela
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about Thunder Rose
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about Ellington Was Not a Street
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about Moses
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about I Have a Dream
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kadir Nelson
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About the Author 2
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Kadir Nelson reads from We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
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Kadir Nelson reads from Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
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In-depth Written Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson
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Illustrator Q&A with Kadir Nelson
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Ellington Was Not a Street
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Testing the Ice
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2020 Kate Greenaway Shadowers' Choice acceptance speech by Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Caldecott Medal Acceptance Speech, given by Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Nelson Mandela
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Blue Sky White Stars
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about The Undefeated
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Testing the Ice
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about I Have a Dream
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about Heart and Soul
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients Reveal Their Stories: Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about I Have a Dream
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about We Are the Ship
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Interview with Kadir Nelson about He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
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Books by Kadir Nelson 34
![The Undefeated](/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
![Miles Morales: Spider-Man](/media/bookimages/covers/55692_hi.jpg)
![Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0061730742.jpg)
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![Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0786851759.jpg)
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson
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![Ellington Was Not a Street](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689828845.jpg)
![A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0803731671.jpg)
A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
by Matt de la Peña and Kadir Nelson
23 Resources5 Awards
![I Have a Dream](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0375858873.jpg)
![Under the Christmas Tree](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0688159990.jpg)
![Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0545052513.jpg)
Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson
by Sharon Robinson and Kadir Nelson
20 Resources1 Award
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![Blue Sky White Stars](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0803737009.jpg)
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![Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1423104080.jpg)
Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Doreen Rappaport and Kadir Nelson
16 Resources1 Award
![Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1416935053.jpg)
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson
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