Oge Mora
Oge Mora is a children's book illustrator and author living in Providence, Rhode Island. She received a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award in 2019 for her book, Thank You, Omu!. Her parents emigrated from Nigeria to Columbus, Ohio.
Oge Mora
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- Rhode Island School of Design
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- Author, illustrator
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Mora attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). While taking a class called "Picture and Word" at RISD, she created a picture book 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 Little, Brown and Company and published as Thank You, Omu!. Her illustrations are created with cut paper, paint, and china markers.
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• Notable Works — Thank You, Omu! • Genre — Children's books • Education — Rhode Island School of Design • Occupation — Author, illustrator
Author and illustrator
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• 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
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- 1.Oge Mora Bio. Oge Mora Official Website.
- 2.2019 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 2019-12-20.
- 3.Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present. October 27, 2020.
- 4.2019 EJK Award Winners. The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.
- 5.Corbett, Sue. Fall 2018 Flying Starts: Oge Mora. Publishersweekly.com.
- 6.Sutton, Roger. Oge Mora Talks with Roger. September 5, 2018.
- 7.Corbett, Sue. Fall 2018 Flying Starts: Oge Mora. Publishers Weekly. December 21, 2018.
- 8.Saturday. Publishers Weekly. June 26, 2019.
- 9.Sewing, Joy. When women rise up in children's books. Houston Chronicle. March 23, 2018.
- 10.The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read. Publishers Weekly. November 14, 2019.
- 11.Children's Books for Fall 2020. Publishers Weekly. July 17, 2020.
- 12.WaaaAAH! Rraak! 'Everybody in the Red Brick Building' is awake!. NPR.
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