Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard grew up hearing stories of her grandfather's childhood from her mother and later visited Jonesborough, Tennessee, a town seven miles from where her grandfather grew up. There, she drew inspiration for stories of her own.
E.B. Lewis is the award-winning illustrator of such books as
Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys by
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, which was a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book, and
This Little Light of Mine. He received the Caldecott Honor for
Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes.
E.B. Lewis lives in New Jersey, and you can visit him online at
EBLewis.com.
