E. B. Lewis, author portrait

E. B. Lewis

The recipient of a Caldecott Honor and an Orbis Pictus Award, along with many others, E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than seventy books for children. His Calkins Creek titles include Invincible by Wade Hudson, Seeking Freedom by Selene Castrovilla, and Lizzie Demands a Seat by Beth Anderson, which won Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in nonfiction, along with many other honors. He is also the illustrator of Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem, also by Gary Golio. Visit eblewis.com for more information.
The Dream Builder's Blueprint
Sparrow
The Soldier's Friend
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem
Invincible
You Are My Pride
Seeking Freedom
Lizzie Demands a Seat!

Books

The Dream Builder's Blueprint
Sparrow
The Soldier's Friend
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem
Invincible
You Are My Pride
Seeking Freedom
Lizzie Demands a Seat!

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