Illustrator Jerry Pinkney tells his own story in his final bookPinkney’s son Brian talks about the new book, “Just Jerry,” and life at home with his dad, who died in 2021washingtonpost.com
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Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at 81Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse” to “The Sunday Outing,” has died at 81.
