Oge Mora is a

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illustrator and author living in

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. She received a

Caldecott Honor The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service ...

, Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and

Ezra Jack Keats Book Award The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award is an annual U.S. literary award. At the Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards Ceremony every April, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation presents the New Writer Award (since 1985) and New Illustrator Award (since 2001) to an au ...

in 2019 for her book, '' Thank You, Omu!''. Her parents emigrated from Nigeria to

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

. Mora attended the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

(RISD). While taking a class called "Picture and Word" at RISD, she created a

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mock-up, titled ''Omu's Stew'' for her final project. The teacher invited editors and art directors to see the final work and Mora's draft was picked up by publisher

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and published as '' Thank You, Omu!.'' Her illustrations are created with cut paper, paint, and china markers.

Works

Author and illustrator

* '' Thank You, Omu!'', 2018 * ''

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'', 2019

Illustrator

* ''Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World'', 2018, contributing illustrator * ''The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read'', 2020 * ''Everybody in the Red Brick Building'', October 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mora, Oge American children's book illustrators American writers American people of African descent Rhode Island School of Design alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Columbus, Ohio