Kadir lives with his wife is Southern California, and invites you to visit him at. The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown the International Olympic Committee, and the US House of Representatives. His work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker, and his paintings are in the private and public permanent collections of notable institutions across the country, including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. Among his numerous other awards are three NAACP Image Awards, two Coretta Scott King Author Awards, and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards.
The New York Times similarly celebrated the three-voice narrative and rich illustrations.Kadir Nelson is the Caldecott Medal-winning artist of The Undefeated and a two-time Caldecott Honor recipient for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford and Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. Kirkus also commends the "elegant free verse" done by author Carole Boston Weatherford. Kirkus awarded it a starred review, praising "Nelson’s double-page, full-bleed paintings" that "illuminate both the dire physical and transcendent spiritual journey" that Harriet endures. It has been awarded as a Caldecott Honor book and with the Coretta Scott King Award.Ī starred review in Publishers Weekly compliments the book's "elegant design" and the illustration's "intense portraits" and their ability to "convey all the emotion of Tubman's monumental mission." It also applauds the author for the way in which the text was framed, as "an ongoing dialogue between Tubman and God." Harriet ultimately escapes the brutal practice of forced servitude and then, after missing and thinking about her family, bravely returns to help many others make the same journey to find freedom. Along her tiring and long journey, she trusts people who could easily turn her in, sleeps in fear, and most importantly, relies on God. She takes nothing but her faith and travels through woods to safety. Harriet leaves her family and plantation behind, led by God, to find free land in the north.
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom is an awarded picture book about Harriet Tubman, one of the most inspiring figures of the Underground Railroad. It has received both a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom is a 2006 children's picture book by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, originally published by Hyperion Books for Children.
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