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Bryan Collier

About the Author

Bryan Collier has illustrated more than thirty-five picture books, including the award-winning Trombone Shorty, Dave the Potter, and Knock Knock: My Father’s Dream for Me, as well as City Shapes and Fifty Cents and a Dream, and has received four Caldecott Honors and six Coretta Scott King Awards. He lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York.

Music Is a Rainbow

Music Is a Rainbow

by Bryan Collier

Hey Black Child

Hey Black Child

by Useni Eugene Perkins, Illustrated by Bryan Collier

City Shapes

City Shapes

by Diana Murray, Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Knock Knock

Knock Knock

by Daniel Beaty, by Bryan Collier

Dave the Potter (Caldecott Honor Award Winner)

Dave the Potter (Caldecott Honor Award Winner)

by Laban Carrick Hill, Illustrated by Bryan Collier