Born December 22, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Picture Books
Independent Readers
Jerry Pinkney's Bibliography
The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales written by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1964
This Is Music written by Adeline McCall and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1965
The Traveling Frog written by V. Mikhailovich Garshin and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1966
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa written by Lila Green and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
The Clock Museum written by Ken Sobol and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep written by Harold J. Saleh and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and Other Tales of India written by John W. Spellman and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets written by Ralph Dale and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1968
Kostas the Rooster written by Traudl and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1968
Homerhenry written by Cora Annett and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu written by Irv Phillips and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
The Porcupine and the Tiger written by Fern Powell and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
Babushka and the Pig written by Ann Trofimuk and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish written by Thelma Shaw and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
Sizes and Shapes written by Ken Sobol and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
The King's Ditch: A Hawaiian Tale written by Francine Jacobs and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1971
The Planet of Junior Brown written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1971
More Adventures of Spider written by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1972
Femi and Old Grandaddie written by Adjai Robinson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1972
JD written by Mari Evans and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1973
Kasho and the Twin Flutes written by Adjai Robinson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1973
Prince Littlefoot written by Berniece Freschet and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1974
The Great Minu written by Beth P. Wilson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1974
Song of the Trees written by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1975
Yagua Days written by Cruz Martel and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1976
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry written by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1976
Mildred Murphy, How Does Your Garden Grow? written by Phyllis Green and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1977
Mary McLeod Bethune (biography) written by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1977
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles written by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1978
Tales from Africa written by Lila Green and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1979
Tonweya and the Eagles, and Other Lakota Indian Tales written by Rosebud Yellow Robe and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1979
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir written by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1979
Jahdu written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1980
Count on Your Fingers African Style written by Claudia Zaslavsky and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1980
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece written by William Wise and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1981
Apples on a Stick: The Folklore of Black Children written by Barbara Michels and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1983
The Patchwork Quilt written by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1985
Half a Moon and One Whole Star written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1986
Creatures of the Desert World and Strange Animals of the Sea written by Barbara Gibson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1987
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna written by Nancy White Carlstrom and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1987
The Tales of Uncle Remus written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
More Tales of Uncle Remus: Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
The Green Lion of Zion Street written by Julia Fields and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
Mirandy and Brother Wind written by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion written by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1989
The Talking Eggs written by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1989
Turtle in July written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1989
Further Tales of Uncle Remus: The Misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang, and All the Other Creatures written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1990
Home Place written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1990
Pretend You're a Cat written by Jean Marzollo and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1990
In for Winter, Out for Spring written by Arnold Adoff and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1991
Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1991
The Man with His Heart in a Bucket written by Anonymous and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1991
Drylongso written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1992
Back Home written by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1992
John Henry written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1994
The Last Tales of Uncle Remus written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1994
The Sunday Outing written by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1994
Tanya's Reunion written by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1995
The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories written by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1995
Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman written by Alan Schroeder and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996
Fever Dream written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi written by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1997
The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale written by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1997
Sarny, A Life Remembered written by Gary Paulsen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1997
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1998
The Little Match Girl written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
The Ugly Duckling written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
Journeys with Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet written by Barbara Diamond Goldi and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
New Shoes for Sylvia written by Johanna Hurwitz and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2000
Goin' Someplace Special written by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2000
Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2001
In the Forest of Your Remembrance (illustrated with Brian and Myles C. Pinkney) written by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2001
The Nightingale written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2002
Noah's Ark written by Anonymous and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2002
God Bless the Child (words and music) written by Arthur Herzog Jr. and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2005
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me written by Ann Grifalconi and illustrated by JerryPinkney Uncle Remus written by Julius Lester and illustrated by JerryPinkney
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll written by PatMcKissack and illustrated by JerryPinkney
Nightjohn written by GaryPaulsen and illustrated by JerryPinkney
Little Red Riding Hood written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
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The Tales of Uncle Remus by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Highly Recommended |
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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Highly Recommended |
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The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Recommended |
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John Henry by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Recommended |
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Recommended |
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Goin' Someplace Special by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The Adventures of Spider by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Childtimes by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Mirandy and Brother Wind by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Home Place by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Pretend You're a Cat by Jean Marzollo and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Drylongso by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Back Home by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The Sunday Outing by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Tanya's Reunion by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Sam and the Tigers by Julius Lester and Helen Bannerman and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Minty by Alan Schroeder and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Black Cowboy, Wild Horses by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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New Shoes for Silvia by Johanna Hurwitz and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Noah's Ark written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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God Bless the Child by Arthur Herzog and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me by Ann Grifalconi and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Little Red Riding Hood written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Uncle Remus by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
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Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Suggested |
Jerry Pinkney's Bibliography
The Adventures of Spider: West African Folk Tales written by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1964
This Is Music written by Adeline McCall and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1965
The Traveling Frog written by V. Mikhailovich Garshin and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1966
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa written by Lila Green and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
The Clock Museum written by Ken Sobol and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep written by Harold J. Saleh and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and Other Tales of India written by John W. Spellman and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1967
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets written by Ralph Dale and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1968
Kostas the Rooster written by Traudl and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1968
Homerhenry written by Cora Annett and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu written by Irv Phillips and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
The Porcupine and the Tiger written by Fern Powell and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
Babushka and the Pig written by Ann Trofimuk and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish written by Thelma Shaw and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
Sizes and Shapes written by Ken Sobol and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1969
The King's Ditch: A Hawaiian Tale written by Francine Jacobs and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1971
The Planet of Junior Brown written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1971
More Adventures of Spider written by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1972
Femi and Old Grandaddie written by Adjai Robinson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1972
JD written by Mari Evans and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1973
Kasho and the Twin Flutes written by Adjai Robinson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1973
Prince Littlefoot written by Berniece Freschet and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1974
The Great Minu written by Beth P. Wilson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1974
Song of the Trees written by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1975
Yagua Days written by Cruz Martel and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1976
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry written by Mildred D. Taylor and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1976
Mildred Murphy, How Does Your Garden Grow? written by Phyllis Green and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1977
Mary McLeod Bethune (biography) written by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1977
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles written by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1978
Tales from Africa written by Lila Green and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1979
Tonweya and the Eagles, and Other Lakota Indian Tales written by Rosebud Yellow Robe and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1979
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir written by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1979
Jahdu written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1980
Count on Your Fingers African Style written by Claudia Zaslavsky and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1980
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece written by William Wise and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1981
Apples on a Stick: The Folklore of Black Children written by Barbara Michels and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1983
The Patchwork Quilt written by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1985
Half a Moon and One Whole Star written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1986
Creatures of the Desert World and Strange Animals of the Sea written by Barbara Gibson and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1987
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna written by Nancy White Carlstrom and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1987
The Tales of Uncle Remus written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
More Tales of Uncle Remus: Further Adventures of Brer Rabbit, His Friends, Enemies, and Others written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
The Green Lion of Zion Street written by Julia Fields and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
Mirandy and Brother Wind written by Pat McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1988
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion written by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1989
The Talking Eggs written by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1989
Turtle in July written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1989
Further Tales of Uncle Remus: The Misadventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, the Doodang, and All the Other Creatures written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1990
Home Place written by Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1990
Pretend You're a Cat written by Jean Marzollo and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1990
In for Winter, Out for Spring written by Arnold Adoff and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1991
Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1991
The Man with His Heart in a Bucket written by Anonymous and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1991
Drylongso written by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1992
Back Home written by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1992
John Henry written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1994
The Last Tales of Uncle Remus written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1994
The Sunday Outing written by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1994
Tanya's Reunion written by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1995
The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories written by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1995
Sam and the Tigers: A New Telling of Little Black Sambo written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman written by Alan Schroeder and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996
Fever Dream written by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1996
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi written by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1997
The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale written by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1997
Sarny, A Life Remembered written by Gary Paulsen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1997
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses: A True Story written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1998
The Little Match Girl written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
The Ugly Duckling written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
Journeys with Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet written by Barbara Diamond Goldi and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
New Shoes for Sylvia written by Johanna Hurwitz and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 1999
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream written by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2000
Goin' Someplace Special written by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2000
Aesop's Fables written by Aesop and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2001
In the Forest of Your Remembrance (illustrated with Brian and Myles C. Pinkney) written by Gloria Jean Pinkney and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2001
The Nightingale written by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2002
Noah's Ark written by Anonymous and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2002
God Bless the Child (words and music) written by Arthur Herzog Jr. and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney 2005
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me written by Ann Grifalconi and illustrated by JerryPinkney Uncle Remus written by Julius Lester and illustrated by JerryPinkney
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll written by PatMcKissack and illustrated by JerryPinkney
Nightjohn written by GaryPaulsen and illustrated by JerryPinkney
Little Red Riding Hood written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
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