Coretta Scott King Award
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (2019) Winner
Oge Mora
オゲ・モラ
Oge Mora
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Unknown
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Providence, Rhode Island
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Illustrator
- Active Years
- 2018-2024
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island School of Design | — | — | — | — | United States |
Rhode Island School of Design
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Caldecott Honor | Thank You, Omu! | — | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) | Honor |
| 2019 | Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent | Thank You, Omu! | — | American Library Association | Winner |
| 2019 | Ezra Jack Keats Book Award | Thank You, Omu! | — | Ezra Jack Keats Foundation | Winner |
Caldecott Honor
2019
Work:
Thank You, Omu!
Organization:
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Result:
Honor
Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent
2019
Work:
Thank You, Omu!
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
Winner
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
2019
Work:
Thank You, Omu!
Organization:
Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Thank You, Omu!
2018 Children's literatureA heartwarming story about a neighborhood coming together over Omu's stew.
communitysharingkindness
Saturday
2019 Children's literatureA story about a family's Saturday.
familydaily life
Bibliography
- Thank You, Omu! (2018)
- Saturday (2019)
- Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World (2018, contributing illustrator)
- The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read (2020)
- Everybody in the Red Brick Building (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Illustrations created with cut paper, paint, and china markers
Legacy
Children's book author and illustrator who received the Caldecott Honor and other awards in 2019 for Thank You, Omu!
Trivia
- Parents emigrated from Nigeria to Columbus, Ohio.
- Created a picture book mock-up titled Omu's Stew as a class project at RISD, which was picked up by Little, Brown and Company and published as Thank You, Omu!.