We went through at least three or four illustrators, who all turned it down. What was different about that process this time? What was the same?īarnes: The major difference was, when I wrote Crown, I didn’t even have a book deal, let alone an illustrator for the project. This is your first time working on a project together since the success of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. BookPage spoke to Barnes and James about the new book, what it was like to work together again and the good things in their lives right now.
I Am Every Good Thing, which pairs James’ lush illustrations with Barnes’ lyrical ode to Black boyhood, is sure to satisfy even the most exacting of readers. Needless to say, the expectations for their next project together were high. James’ first collaboration, the picture book Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, won a Caldecott Honor, a Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honors, the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers and more. Author Derrick Barnes’ and illustrator Gordon C.
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