Janelle Washington
{{Short description|American author and illustrator (born 1977)}}
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| name = Janelle Washington
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|09|18}}
| birth_place = Virginia
| occupation = Paper Cut Artist Illustration
| nationality = Arican American
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| awards = Caldecott Honor (2023)
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Janelle Washington (born September 18, 1977){{cn|date=February 2024}} is an American paper cut artist, author, and illustrator of children's picture books. She is known for her illustrations of the book Choosing Brave,https://us.macmillan.com/author/janellewashington {{Cite web |author=Staff reports |date=2023-02-28 |title=Laurel Ridge welcomes Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator to Middletown Campus this week |url=https://www.fauquier.com/news/article_2966067e-b7a4-11ed-867b-b3153432ca6a.html |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Fauquier Times, PrinceWilliamTimes.com |language=en}} the Caldecott Honor-winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till and how she handled her son's murder.{{Cite web |title=Janelle Washington is a paper cut artist. ★ |url=https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Janelle+Washington |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=AALBC.com, the African American Literature Book Club |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=P&P Live! Angela Joy & Janelle Washington {{!}} Choosing Brave |url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-angela-joy-janelle-washington-choosing-brave-tickets-396121649517 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Eventbrite |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Victoria L. |date=2020-08-02 |title=September Issue: Oprah Magazine Enlists Two Black Female Artists to Pay Tribute to Breonna Taylor |url=https://www.culturetype.com/2020/08/02/september-issue-oprah-magazine-enlists-two-black-female-artists-to-pay-tribute-to-breonna-taylor/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Culture Type |language=en-US}}
Personal
Washington was born in 1977 in Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Awards
- 2023 Caldecott Honor for Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement{{Cite web |last=Parravano |first=Martha V. |title=The 2023 Caldecott Announcement |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/the-2023-caldecott-announcement#:~:text=The%20Real%202023%20Caldecott%20Committee,Doug%20Salati,%20published%20by%20Knopf. |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=The Horn Book}}
- 2023 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award for Choosing Brave{{Cite web |title=2023 Winners and Honors {{!}} Coretta Scott King Roundtable |url=https://www.ala.org/cskbart/2023-winners-and-honors |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.ala.org |language=en}}
- 2023 Sibert Honor for Choosing Brave
- 2023 The Walter Dean Myers Award for Choosing Brave
- 2023 Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Choosing Brave
- 2023 Pictus Honor Award for Choosing Brave
- 2023 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Choosing Brave
- 2023 Cybils Award for Choosing Brave
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Category:American illustrators
Category:Artists from Virginia
Category:Virginia Commonwealth University alumni