{{Short description|American author and illustrator}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox author | occupation = Illustrator | birth_place = New York City, United States | awards = {{plainlist| * John Steptoe New Talent Award (1999) * Pura Belpré Award (2011) * Walter Dean Myers Award (2018) * NAACP Image Award (2021) }} | education = School of Visual Arts (BFA, 1983) | website = {{URL|ericvelasquez.com}} }}
'''Eric A. Velásquez''' is an American author and illustrator of over 30 children's books. Among other honors, he has won a John Steptoe New Talent Award (2001), Pura Belpré Award (2011), and NAACP Image Award (2021).
== Biography == Velásquez was born in New York City,<ref name=":5" /> and grew up in Spanish Harlem. He is of Afro-Puerto Rican descent, and his first language was Spanish. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design,<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=McDonald |first=Jennie |date=2014-11-24 |title=Interview with Eric Velasquez |url=https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/blog/interview-with-eric-velasquez/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Collaborative Classroom |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223132942/https://www.collaborativeclassroom.org/blog/interview-with-eric-velasquez/ |url-status=live }}</ref> then in 1983 received a Bachelor of Arts from School of Visual Arts, after which he studied at the Art Students League of New York with Harvey Dinnerstein.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Velasquez, Eric |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/velasquez-eric |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Encyclopedia.com |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302083123/https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/velasquez-eric |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Eric Velasquez, Children's Book Author, Illustrator Storyteller ★ |url=https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Eric+Velasquez |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=African American Literature Book Club |language=en |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323133206/https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Eric+Velasquez |url-status=live }}</ref>
Before illustrating picture books, Velásquez designed book jackets and interior illustrations, including for Beverley Naidoo's ''Journey to Jo'burg'' (1986) and ''Chain of Fire'' (1990).<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=1992-01-01 |title=Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story by Beverley Naidoo, Eric Velasquez |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780397321681 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205459/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780397321681 |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref><ref name=":12" /> His first illustrated picture book was Debbie Chocolate's ''The Piano Man'' (1998), which won him the 1999 John Steptoe New Talent Award for Illustrators.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":8" /> He debuted as an author in 2001 with ''Grandma's Records''.<ref name=":9" />
As of 2014, Velásquez lived in New York City and taught book illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology.<ref name=":10" />
== Awards and honors == The Association for Library Service to Children has named five of the books Velásquez has published as Notable Children's Books: ''Grandma's Gift'' (2011),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ALSC announces 2011 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2011/01/alsc-announces-2011-notable-childrens-books |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619124219/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2011/01/alsc-announces-2011-notable-childrens-books |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Beautiful Moon'' (2015),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=ALSC names 2015 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/03/alsc-names-2015-notable-childrens-books |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208034306/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/03/alsc-names-2015-notable-childrens-books |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Schomburg'' (2018),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-12 |title=ALSC names 2018 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/alsc-names-2018-notable-childrens-books |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109204347/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/alsc-names-2018-notable-childrens-books |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Ruth Objects'' (2021),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-30 |title=ALSC names 2021 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2011/10/alsc-names-2021-notable-childrens-books |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608050038/https://www.ala.org/news/2011/10/alsc-names-2021-notable-childrens-books |url-status=live }}</ref> ''and ¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!'' (2022).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=2022 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb/ncbpastlists/ncb_2022 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Association for Library Service to Children |publisher=American Library Association |language=en}}</ref> Three of the books Velásquez has illustrated have been included on Rise: A Feminist Book Project lists: ''Touch the Sky'' (2013),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper |url=https://www.ala.org/winner/touch-sky-alice-coachman-olympic-high-jumper |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608050036/https://www.ala.org/winner/touch-sky-alice-coachman-olympic-high-jumper |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Ruth Objects'' (2021),<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=2021 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List {{!}} ALA |url=https://www.ala.org/rt/2021-rise-feminist-book-project-list |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221426/https://www.ala.org/rt/2021-rise-feminist-book-project-list |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Efn|''Ruth Objects'' was considered a top ten book on the Rise book list.}} and ''She Was The First!'' (2021).<ref name=":2" />
''Kirkus Reviews'' and ''Shelf Awareness'' included ''Schomburg'' on their list of the best picture books of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-19 |title=Our 2017 Best Children's & Teen Books of the Year |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=673 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204161924/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=673 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":92">{{Cite web |title=Best of 2017 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2017/picture-books/books/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602204122/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/best-of/2017/picture-books/books/ |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> The following year, ''Booklist'' included it on their lists of the "Top 10 Biographies for Youth"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Julia |date=2018-06-01 |title=Top 10 Biographies for Youth: 2018 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9600696 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205156/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9600696 |url-status=live }}</ref> and "Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction for Older and Middle Readers".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Ilene |date=2018-02-01 |title=Top 10 Diverse Nonfiction for Older and Middle Readers: 2018 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9351092 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist |archive-date=August 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827215658/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9351092 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, ''Booklist'' included ''¡Mambo Mucho Mambo!'' on their list of the "Top 10 Arts Books for Youth".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Julia |date=2021-10-15 |title=Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2021 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9754903 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518234359/https://www.booklistonline.com/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=9754903 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following year, they included ''Going Places'' on their "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth" list.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2022 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9772528 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418064938/https://www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Editors-Choice/pid=9772528 |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Awards for Velásquez's books !Year !Title !Award !Result !{{Abbreviation|Ref.|Reference}} |- |1999 |{{Sort|Piano Man, The|''The Piano Man''}} |John Steptoe New Talent Award |{{won}} |<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=John Steptoe New Talent Award {{!}} Coretta Scott King Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/cskbart/cskbookawards/johnsteptoe |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603030753/https://www.ala.org/cskbart/cskbookawards/johnsteptoe |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2001 | rowspan="2" |{{Sort|Sound That Jazz Makes, The|''The Sound That Jazz Makes''}} |Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Elementary Level) |{{won}} |<ref name=":103">{{Cite web |title=Carter G. Woodson Book Award Winners and Honorees |url=https://www.socialstudies.org/get-involved/carter-g-woodson-book-award-and-honor-winners |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427204823/https://www.socialstudies.org/awards/woodson/winners |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=National Council for the Social Studies}}</ref> |- |NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children |{{CFinalist}} | |- | rowspan="2" |2011 | rowspan="2" |''Grandma's Gift'' |Pura Belpré Award for Illustrator |{{won}} |<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2011-05-31 |title=Pura Belpré Award celebrates 15th anniversary with "Quinces" celebración at Annual Conference |url=https://www.ala.org/news/2011/05/pura-belpre-award-celebrates-15th-anniversary-quinces-celebracion-annual-conference |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608050038/https://www.ala.org/news/2011/05/pura-belpre-award-celebrates-15th-anniversary-quinces-celebracion-annual-conference |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children |{{CFinalist}} | |- | rowspan="2" |2015 | rowspan="2" |''Beautiful Moon'' |Charlotte Zolotow Award |{{Runner-up|Honor}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlotte Zolotow Award (for Outstanding Writing in Picture Books) |url=https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/booklists/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Cooperative Children's Book Center |publisher=University of Wisconsin–Madison |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127175530/https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/booklists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children |{{CFinalist}} |<ref name="2015 Image Award Winners">{{cite web |last=Washington |first=Arlene |date=February 6, 2015 |title=2015 Image Winners |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-2015-winners-771018 |access-date=May 11, 2016 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=April 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427142348/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-2015-winners-771018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2016 |''New Shoes'' |NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children |{{CFinalist}} |<ref name="2016 Image Award Winners">{{cite web |date=6 February 2016 |title=2016 Image Winners |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/naacp-awards-winners-list-image-creed-queen-latifah-1201698809/ |access-date=May 11, 2016 |website=Variety |archive-date=February 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227131516/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/naacp-awards-winners-list-image-creed-queen-latifah-1201698809/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="6" |2018 | rowspan="6" |''Schomburg'' |AAUW NC Award for Young People’s Literature |{{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-12-07 |title=2018 Young People's Literature Award to Carole Boston Weatherford » AAUW NC |url=https://www.aauwnc.org/2018-young-peoples-literature-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602210317/https://www.aauwnc.org/2018-young-peoples-literature-award/ |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=AAUW NC |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Middle Level) |{{Runner-up|Honor}} |<ref name=":103"/> |- |Golden Kite Award for Non-Fiction for Younger Readers |{{won}} |<ref name=":112">{{Cite web |title=Carole Boston Weatherford, Children's Book Author, Poet, Author ★ |url=https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Carole+Boston+Weatherford |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602210224/https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Carole+Boston+Weatherford |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=African American Literature Book Club |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2018 |title=Awards: National Jewish Book; Golden Kite |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3162#m39050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013182353/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3162#m39050 |archive-date=2022-10-13 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Shelf Awareness}}</ref> |- |Jefferson Cup Award |{{Runner-up|Honor}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Jefferson Cup Award Winners and Honors Announced |url=https://www.vla.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1082:2018-jefferson-cup-award-winners-and-honors-announced&catid=20:site-content |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602203648/https://www.vla.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1082:2018-jefferson-cup-award-winners-and-honors-announced&catid=20:site-content |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Virginia Library Association}}</ref> |- |Walter Dean Myers Award for Younger Readers |{{won}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-19 |title=Awards: WNDB Walters; 800-CEO-READ Biz Book of the Year |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3167 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130081829/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3167 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction |{{nom}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Nonfiction Award Nominations |url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-nonfiction-award-nominations |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Young Adult Library Services Association |publisher=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=December 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230180510/https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2018-nonfiction-award-nominations |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2021 |''She Was the First!'' |NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children |{{won}} |<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Bosselman |first1=Haley |date=March 28, 2021 |title=NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List |url=https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/2021-naacp-image-awards-winners-list-1234939378/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412143639/https://variety.com/2021/awards/news/2021-naacp-image-awards-winners-list-1234939378/ |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=April 6, 2021 |website=Variety}}</ref> |}
== Publications ==
=== As author/illustrator ===
* {{Cite book |title=Grandma's Records |date=2001 |publisher=Walker Books |isbn=978-0-8027-8760-6}}<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2001-05-07 |title=GRANDMA'S RECORDS by Eric Velasquez |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802787606 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129024235/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802787606 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |title=Grandma's Gift |date=2010 |publisher=Walker Books |isbn=978-0-802-72082-5}}<ref name=":0" /> * {{Cite book |title=Looking for Bongo |date=2016 |publisher=Holiday House |isbn=978-0-823-43565-4}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-01 |title=Looking for Bongo |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Looking-for-Bongo-Eric-Velasquez/pid=7871525 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist}}</ref> * {{Cite book |title=Octopus Stew |date=2019 |publisher=Holiday House |isbn=978-0-823-43754-2}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-11 |title=Octopus Stew by Eric Velasquez |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780823437542 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608050038/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780823437542 |url-status=live }}</ref> ** {{Cite book |first= |title=Pulpo Guisado |date=2020 |publisher=Holiday House |isbn=978-0-823-44864-7}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pino |first=Kristina |date=2021-01-01 |title=Pulpo Guisado |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Pulpo-Guisado-/pid=9742552 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist}}</ref>
=== As illustrator ===
* {{Cite book |last=Tate |first=Eleanora E. |author-link=Eleanora E. Tate |title=Front Porch Stories at the One-Room School |date=1992 |publisher=Yearling Books |isbn=978-0-553-08384-2}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-08-03 |title=Front Porch Stories at the One-Room Scho by Eleanora E. Tate |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780553083842 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205458/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780553083842 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Soto |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Soto |title=Off and Running |date=1997 |publisher=Yearling Books |isbn=978-0-440-41432-2}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-11-03 |title=Off and Running by Gary Soto |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780440414322 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205444/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780440414322 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Chocolate |first=Debbie |title=The Piano Man |date=1998 |publisher=Walker Books |isbn=978-0-802-77578-8}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-02-02 |title=Piano Man by Deborah Newton Chocolate, Debbi Chocolate |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802786463 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205351/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802786463 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Carole Boston |author-link=Carole Boston Weatherford |title=The Sound that Jazz Makes |date=2001 |publisher=Walker Books |isbn=0-8027-7674-4}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-01 |title=The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802787200 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205251/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802787200 |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> * {{Cite book |last1=Francis |first1=Panama |author-link1=Panama Francis |title=David Gets His Drum |date=2002 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-5088-7 |last2=Reiser |first2=Bob}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-08-26 |title=DAVID GETS HIS DRUM by Panama Francis |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780761450887 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205451/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780761450887 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Haskins |first=Jim |author-link=Jim Haskins |title=Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali |date=2002 |publisher=Walker Childrens |isbn=978-0-8027-8784-2}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-04-15 |title=CHAMPION: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Jim Haskins, James Haskins |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802787842 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205443/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802787842 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Ransom |first=Candice |author-link=Candice F. Ransom |title=Liberty Street |date=2003 |publisher=Walker Childrens |isbn=978-0-8027-8869-6}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-12-22 |title=LIBERTY STREET by Candice F. Ransom |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802788696 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602205424/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802788696 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Walvoord |first=Linda |title=Rosetta, Rosetta, Sit by Me! |date=2004 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-11-15 |title=Rosetta, Rosetta, Sit by Me! |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Rosetta-Rosetta-Sit-by-Me-Linda-Walvoord/pid=1171826 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Booklist |archive-date=June 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608181338/https://www.booklistonline.com/Rosetta-Rosetta-Sit-by-Me-Linda-Walvoord/pid=1171826 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Angela |title=A Sweet Smell of Roses |date=2005 |publisher=Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers |isbn=978-0-689-83252-9|author-link=Angela Johnson (writer)}}<ref>{{Cite web 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