Christian Robinson

Illustrations and easy-to-read text remind the reader that no matter what happens or how one feels, he or she matters.

Offers encouragement and supplies, from a snack and a blanket to a map for finding the way home, to a loved one who may be facing a new challenge.

"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead--to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty -- and fun -- in their routine and the world around them.

A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.

Nina Simone was an icon. Her music was the backdrop for a freedom movement. But before she was Nina Simone, she was Eunice Kathleen Wayman, a prodigy who sang before she could walk, and learned to play the piano on her father's knee. But when doors were closed to her because of the color of her skin, she quickly discovered that her talent might not be enough to succeed. Nina tucked away the hurt and persevered, finding a way to perform despite...

When they find a dead bird, a group of children bury it in the woods, sing a song to it, and put flowers on the grave.

A group of children find a dead bird in the park and decide to give it a proper burial. This picture book offers a gentle way of dealing with the themes of death and grief. Un día, un grupo de niños y niñas encuentran un pájaro recostado con los ojos cerrados y sin latidos del corazón. Compungidos deciden despedirlo como hacen los mayores con sus seres queridos. Cavan un hoyo en un rincón bonito y lo cubren con helechos y flores. Un excelente...

Leo is a friendly house ghost--but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend.

Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor
In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait for young people of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages...