Kadir Nelson's award-winning books include ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET by Ntozake Shange, which won the Coretta Scott King Award and was an ALA Notable Children's Book and JUST THE TWO OF US by Will Smith, which received an NAACP Image Award. His latest book, NELSON MANDELA, was a 2014 ALA Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book. Nelson lives in Los Angeles, California.

Books by Kadir Nelson

Miles Morales: Spider-Man

Written by Jason Reynolds with illustrations by Kadir Nelson. - Adventure, Comic Books, Fiction, Superhero , Young Adult 12+

The Middle Passage: White Ships / Black Cargo

Written by Tom Feelings with an introduction by Kadir Nelson, Sylviane A. Diouf, and Kamili Feelings - African American Interest, History, Nonfiction, Young Adult 13+

If You Plant a Seed

by Kadir Nelson - Children's, Environment, Picture

Baby Bear

by Kadir Nelson - Children's, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Nature

A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis

written by Matt de la Pena with illustrations by Kadir Nelson - Children's, Children's Nonfiction

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

by Kadir Nelson - History, Nonfiction

Nelson Mandela

Written and Illustrated by Kadir Nelson - African American Interest, Biography, Children's Nonfiction, Nonfiction

I Have a Dream

Written by Martin Luther King, Jr., Illustrated by Kadir Nelson - Children's, Young Adult 10+

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

by Kadir Nelson - African American Interest

Just the Two of Us

written by Will Smith, illustrated by Kadir Nelson