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'''Laura Freeman''' is a children's book illustrator. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Laura+Freeman |title=African American Literature Book Club |author=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> She has illustrated many books, and done work for [[Highlights Magazine|''Highlights for Children'']].
'''Laura Freeman''' is a children's book illustrator. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Laura+Freeman |title=African American Literature Book Club |author=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> She has illustrated many books, and done work for [[Highlights Magazine|''Highlights for Children'']].
In a review of the picture book version of [[Hidden Figures (picture book)|''Hidden Figures'']], writing for ''[[School Library Journal]],'' Megan Kilgallen said "Freeman’s full-color illustrations are stunning and chock-full of details, incorporating diagrams, mathematical formulas, and space motifs throughout... enhancing the whole book."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kilgallen|first=Megan|date=March 2018|title=Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race|journal=School Library Journal|volume=64|issue=3|pages=140|via=EBSCO|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=hidden-figures-the-true-story-of-four-black-women-and-the-space-race|accessdate=2018-02-05}}</ref> She shared the 2019 [[NAACP]] Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work: Children with writer [[Margot Lee Shetterly]] for [[Hidden Figures (picture book)|''Hidden Figures'']].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-naacp-image-awards-winners-complete-list-1191277/item/special-award-entertainer-year-1174377 |title=2019 NAACP Image Awards Winners Complete List |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 30, 2019 |access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref>
In a review of the picture book version of [[Hidden Figures (picture book)|''Hidden Figures'']], writing for ''[[School Library Journal]],'' Megan Kilgallen said "Freeman’s full-color illustrations are stunning and chock-full of details, incorporating diagrams, mathematical formulas, and space motifs throughout... enhancing the whole book."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kilgallen|first=Megan|date=March 2018|title=Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race|journal=School Library Journal|volume=64|issue=3|pages=140|via=EBSCO|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=hidden-figures-the-true-story-of-four-black-women-and-the-space-race|accessdate=2018-02-05}}</ref> She shared the 2019 [[NAACP]] Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work: Children with writer [[Margot Lee Shetterly]] for [[Hidden Figures (picture book)|''Hidden Figures'']].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-naacp-image-awards-winners-complete-list-1191277/item/special-award-entertainer-year-1174377 |title=2019 NAACP Image Awards Winners Complete List |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= March 30, 2019 |access-date= August 4, 2020}}</ref>


A native of New York City, she was the older of two girls born to African-American father, James Freeman, and Russian-Jewish mother, Gertrude. Her sister is the singer [[Roberta Freeman]].
A native of New York City, she was the older of two girls born to African-American father, James Freeman, and Russian-Jewish mother, Gertrude. Her sister is the singer [[Roberta Freeman]].

== List of Works ==

====== Illustrator & Author ======

* ''Natalie's Hair Was Wild!'' <ref>{{Cite book|last=illustrator.|first=Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), author,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/972092595|title=Natalie's hair was wild!|isbn=978-1-328-66195-1|oclc=972092595}}</ref>
* ''Here We Go Looby Loo''
* ''If You're Happy and You Know It'' <ref name=":0" />

====== '''Illustrator''' ======

* ''Hidden Figures'' (by Margot Lee Shetterly, 2017)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shetterly|first=Margot Lee|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1003490149|title=Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race|date=2017|isbn=978-0-06-267728-0|edition=First William Morrow paperback edition|location=New York, NY|oclc=1003490149}}</ref>
* ''Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-Of-Foot Girl'' (by Megan Reid, 2020)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Reid|first=Megan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1099200411|title=Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl|date=2020|others=Laura Freeman|isbn=978-0-06-285109-3|location=New York, NY|oclc=1099200411}}</ref>
* ''Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon'' (by Kelly Starling Lyons, 2020)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lyons|first=Kelly Starling|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104073197|title=Dream builder : the story of architect Philip Freelon|date=2020|others=Laura Freeman, Philip G. Freelon|isbn=978-1-62014-955-3|edition=First edition|location=New York|oclc=1104073197}}</ref>
* ''A Voice Named Aretha'' (by Katheryn Russel-Brown, 2020)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Russell-Brown|first=Katheryn|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1100424969|title=A voice named Aretha|date=2020|others=Laura Freeman|isbn=978-1-68119-850-7|location=New York|oclc=1100424969}}</ref>
* ''Biddy Mason Speaks Up'' (by Arisa White and Laura Atkins)<ref>{{Cite book|last=author.|first=White, Arisa,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1028608813|title=Biddy Mason speaks up|isbn=978-1-59714-403-2|oclc=1028608813}}</ref>
* ''The Carver Chronicles Series'' (by Karen English)
** ''Dog Days'' (Book One)<ref>{{Cite book|last=author.|first=English, Karen,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/864823236|title=Dog days|isbn=978-0-547-97105-6|oclc=864823236}}</ref>
** ''Skateboard Party'' (Book Two, 2015)<ref>{{Cite book|last=1954-|first=English, Karen,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1016692452|title=Skateboard Party|date=2015|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|isbn=978-0-544-28306-0|oclc=1016692452}}</ref>
** ''Don't Feed the Geckos!'' (Book Three)<ref>{{Cite book|last=author.|first=English, Karen,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1233075973|title=Don't feed the geckos!|isbn=978-0-544-57529-5|oclc=1233075973}}</ref>
** ''Problemas en la Casa de la Lado'' (Book Four)<ref>{{Cite book|last=English|first=Karen|title=Problemas en la Casa de la lado|publisher=Clarion Books|year=2020}}</ref>
** ''The New Kid'' (Book Five)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karen.|first=English,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1145295870|title=The new kid|isbn=978-1-5490-7498-1|oclc=1145295870}}</ref>
** ''Pizza Party'' (Book Six)<ref>{{Cite book|last=author.|first=English, Karen,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1016621348|title=Pizza party|isbn=978-1-328-49462-7|oclc=1016621348}}</ref>
* ''Nikki and Deja Series'' (by Karen English)
** ''Birthday Blues'' (2010)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karen.|first=English,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/946024928|title=Birthday blues.|date=2010|publisher=Sandpiper|isbn=0-547-24893-8|oclc=946024928}}</ref>
** ''Election Madness'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karen.|first=English,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/772100567|title=Election madness|date=2011|publisher=Sandpiper|isbn=978-0-547-85071-9|oclc=772100567}}</ref>
** ''The Newsy News Newsletter'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Karen.|first=English,|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/698331657|title=The Newsy News Newsletter.|date=2011|publisher=Turtleback Books|isbn=978-0-606-15093-4|oclc=698331657}}</ref>
** ''Nikki and Deja'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite book|last=English|first=Karen|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76261548|title=Nikki & Deja|date=2007|others=Laura Freeman|isbn=0-618-75238-2|location=New York|oclc=76261548}}</ref>
* ''Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott'' (by Dee Romito)
* ''Friends I Love to Keep'' (by Wade Hudson)
* ''Sights I love to See'' (by Cheryl Willis Hudson)
* ''Songs I Love to Sing'' (by Cheryl Willis Hudson)
* ''Jazz Baby'' (by Carole Boston Weatherford)
* ''L Is For Liberty'' (by Wendy Cheyette Lewison)<ref name=":0" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:14, 15 March 2021

Laura Freeman is a children's book illustrator. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[1] She has illustrated many books, and done work for Highlights for Children. In a review of the picture book version of Hidden Figures, writing for School Library Journal, Megan Kilgallen said "Freeman’s full-color illustrations are stunning and chock-full of details, incorporating diagrams, mathematical formulas, and space motifs throughout... enhancing the whole book."[2] She shared the 2019 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work: Children with writer Margot Lee Shetterly for Hidden Figures.[3]

A native of New York City, she was the older of two girls born to African-American father, James Freeman, and Russian-Jewish mother, Gertrude. Her sister is the singer Roberta Freeman.

List of Works

Illustrator & Author
  • Natalie's Hair Was Wild! [4]
  • Here We Go Looby Loo
  • If You're Happy and You Know It [1]
Illustrator
  • Hidden Figures (by Margot Lee Shetterly, 2017)[5]
  • Althea Gibson: The Story of Tennis’ Fleet-Of-Foot Girl (by Megan Reid, 2020)[6]
  • Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon (by Kelly Starling Lyons, 2020)[7]
  • A Voice Named Aretha (by Katheryn Russel-Brown, 2020)[8]
  • Biddy Mason Speaks Up (by Arisa White and Laura Atkins)[9]
  • The Carver Chronicles Series (by Karen English)
    • Dog Days (Book One)[10]
    • Skateboard Party (Book Two, 2015)[11]
    • Don't Feed the Geckos! (Book Three)[12]
    • Problemas en la Casa de la Lado (Book Four)[13]
    • The New Kid (Book Five)[14]
    • Pizza Party (Book Six)[15]
  • Nikki and Deja Series (by Karen English)
    • Birthday Blues (2010)[16]
    • Election Madness (2011)[17]
    • The Newsy News Newsletter (2011)[18]
    • Nikki and Deja (2007)[19]
  • Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott (by Dee Romito)
  • Friends I Love to Keep (by Wade Hudson)
  • Sights I love to See (by Cheryl Willis Hudson)
  • Songs I Love to Sing (by Cheryl Willis Hudson)
  • Jazz Baby (by Carole Boston Weatherford)
  • L Is For Liberty (by Wendy Cheyette Lewison)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "African American Literature Book Club". Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Kilgallen, Megan (March 2018). "Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race". School Library Journal. 64 (3): 140. Retrieved 2018-02-05 – via EBSCO.
  3. ^ "2019 NAACP Image Awards Winners Complete List". March 30, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ illustrator., Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), author,. Natalie's hair was wild!. ISBN 978-1-328-66195-1. OCLC 972092595. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Shetterly, Margot Lee (2017). Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race (First William Morrow paperback edition ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-06-267728-0. OCLC 1003490149. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Reid, Megan (2020). Althea Gibson : the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl. Laura Freeman. New York, NY. ISBN 978-0-06-285109-3. OCLC 1099200411.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Lyons, Kelly Starling (2020). Dream builder : the story of architect Philip Freelon. Laura Freeman, Philip G. Freelon (First edition ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-62014-955-3. OCLC 1104073197. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Russell-Brown, Katheryn (2020). A voice named Aretha. Laura Freeman. New York. ISBN 978-1-68119-850-7. OCLC 1100424969.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ author., White, Arisa,. Biddy Mason speaks up. ISBN 978-1-59714-403-2. OCLC 1028608813. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ author., English, Karen,. Dog days. ISBN 978-0-547-97105-6. OCLC 864823236. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ 1954-, English, Karen, (2015). Skateboard Party. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-544-28306-0. OCLC 1016692452. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ author., English, Karen,. Don't feed the geckos!. ISBN 978-0-544-57529-5. OCLC 1233075973. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ English, Karen (2020). Problemas en la Casa de la lado. Clarion Books.
  14. ^ Karen., English,. The new kid. ISBN 978-1-5490-7498-1. OCLC 1145295870.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ author., English, Karen,. Pizza party. ISBN 978-1-328-49462-7. OCLC 1016621348. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Karen., English, (2010). Birthday blues. Sandpiper. ISBN 0-547-24893-8. OCLC 946024928.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Karen., English, (2011). Election madness. Sandpiper. ISBN 978-0-547-85071-9. OCLC 772100567.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Karen., English, (2011). The Newsy News Newsletter. Turtleback Books. ISBN 978-0-606-15093-4. OCLC 698331657.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ English, Karen (2007). Nikki & Deja. Laura Freeman. New York. ISBN 0-618-75238-2. OCLC 76261548.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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