![]() Born and raised in Tulsa, Okla., he dedicated his life and work to depicting the faces and touchstones of the Black experience. Greenfield also wrote the text for Grandpa's Face (Puffin, $7.99), Floyd Cooper's first illustrated children's book. ![]() Greenfield died last year at age 92, and her body of work and her willingness to stand up to injustice wherever she found it leave us a lasting legacy. Reynolds said he always keeps 10 copies on hand of Greenfield's Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems (HarperCollins, $7.99) -the lines he cited come from its title poem-to give to others. ![]() These are the lines of poetry Jason Reynolds read aloud at the ceremony when author and poet Eloise Greenfield won the 2018 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement it was part of his acceptance of a CSK Honor for his own Long Way Down (Atheneum, $11.99). ![]() ![]() "I love/ I love a lot of things, a whole lot of things/ Like/ My cousin comes to visit and you know he's from the South/ 'Cause every word he says just kind of slides out of his mouth/." ![]()
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