Eloise Greenfield was a children’s author whose picture books told stories of Black lives and history.Greenfield published her first children’s book, “Bubbles,” in 1972, after years of rejections at a time when Black voices weren’t common in children’s literature.
She went on to publish almost 50 children’s books, including prose, poetry, and biographies. Greenfield focused on positive and realistic stories of Black life, with her books including “Africa Dream” (1976), “Honey, I Love and Other Poems” (1978), “Grandmama’s Joy” (1980), and “Alaina and the Great Play” (2021).
She was widely honored, and several of her books won Coretta Scott King Honors, including “Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir,” written with her mother.“Our work is.
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