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Theo Baker’s discussion with Caldecott Medal-winning, Coretta Scott King Award-Winning, and New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Javaka Steptoe.
Part One: Steptoe shares about growing up in New York City, going to art school, his process, and the role of curioisty in everything he does.
Part Two: Steptoe speaks about building his career, how he moved forward from his first book winning the Coretta Scott King award, and the evolution of the idea and the art of Radiant Child, his picture book biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat that recently won the Caldecott medal.
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Theo Baker’s discussion with Caldecott Medal-winning, Coretta Scott King Award-Winning, and New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Javaka Steptoe.
Part One: Steptoe shares about growing up in New York City, going to art school, his process, and the role of curioisty in everything he does.
Part Two: Steptoe speaks about building his career, how he moved forward from his first book winning the Coretta Scott King award, and the evolution of the idea and the art of Radiant Child, his picture book biography of Jean-Michel Basquiat that recently won the Caldecott medal.
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