The daughter of educators, award-winning poet Carole Boston Weatherford began writing in first grade.  Today she is the author of numerous books, including the Carter G. Woodson award winning title, The Sound That Jazz Makes and most recently, Dear Mr. Rosenwald.   Her writing covers such topics as jazz and  photography, as well as the slavery, reconstruction and Jim Crow eras. When she's not traveling or visiting museums, Carole is mining the past for family stories, fading traditions and forgotten struggles. Coming from a family of educators, she has a passion for rescuing events and figures from obscurity by documenting American history.

Books by Carole Boston Weatherford

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

written by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes - Children's 10-12

Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Sarah Green. - Children's 5-8, History

You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford with illustrations by Jeffery Boston Weatherford - Children's 9-12, Children's Nonfiction, History, Military, Nonfiction, Poetry

Freedom in Congo Square

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford with illustrations by R. Gregory Christie - Children's Nonfiction, History, Human Rights, Prejudice , Racism

Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford with illustrations by Jamey Christoph. - African American Interest, Art, Art History, Children's, Children's Nonfiction, History, Nonfiction, Photography, Picture

Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City

by Carole Boston Weatherford