Radiant Child (2017)

Before he became a groundbreaking artist of the 1980s, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a child who found art everywhere - in books, in museums, in language, and in the vibrant rhythm of New York City. His imagination pulsed with color, movement, and possibility.

With vivid text and bold artwork inspired by Basquiat's own style, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe introduces young readers to the idea that art does not have to be tidy or stay inside the lines to be powerful and beautiful.

Winner of the 2017 Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award