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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.[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. ^ Freeman, Laura. Natalie's hair was wild!. ISBN 978-1-328-66195-1. OCLC 972092595.
  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 ed.). New York. ISBN 978-0-06-267728-0. OCLC 1003490149.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Reid, Megan (2020). Althea Gibson: the story of tennis' fleet-of-foot girl. Illustrated by Laura Freeman. New York. 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. Illustrated by Laura Freeman (First ed.). New York. ISBN 978-1-62014-955-3. OCLC 1104073197.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ Russell-Brown, Katheryn (2020). A voice named Aretha. Illustrated by Laura Freeman. New York. ISBN 978-1-68119-850-7. OCLC 1100424969.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ White, Arisa. Biddy Mason speaks up. ISBN 978-1-59714-403-2. OCLC 1028608813.
  10. ^ English, Karen. Dog days. ISBN 978-0-547-97105-6. OCLC 864823236.
  11. ^ English, Karen (2015). Skateboard Party. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-544-28306-0. OCLC 1016692452.
  12. ^ English, Karen. Don't feed the geckos!. ISBN 978-0-544-57529-5. OCLC 1233075973.
  13. ^ English, Karen (2020). Problemas en la Casa de la lado. Clarion Books.
  14. ^ English, Karen. The new kid. ISBN 978-1-5490-7498-1. OCLC 1145295870.
  15. ^ English, Karen. Pizza party. ISBN 978-1-328-49462-7. OCLC 1016621348.
  16. ^ English, Karen (2010). Birthday blues. Sandpiper. ISBN 0-547-24893-8. OCLC 946024928.
  17. ^ English, Karen (2011). Election madness. Sandpiper. ISBN 978-0-547-85071-9. OCLC 772100567.
  18. ^ English, Karen (2011). The Newsy News Newsletter. Turtleback Books. ISBN 978-0-606-15093-4. OCLC 698331657.
  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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