Oge Mora

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Oge Mora
OccupationAuthor, illustrator
Alma materRhode Island School of Design
GenreChildren's books
Notable worksThank You, Omu!
Notable awards

Oge Mora is a children's book illustrator and author living in Providence, Rhode Island.[1] She received a Caldecott Honor,[2] Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent,[3] and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award[4] in 2019 for her book, Thank You, Omu!.

Her parents emigrated from Nigeria to Columbus, Ohio.[5] 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[6] and published as Thank You, Omu!.[7]

Her illustrations are created with cut paper, paint, and china markers.[7]

Works[edit]

Author and illustrator[edit]

Illustrator[edit]

  • Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World, 2018, contributing illustrator[9]
  • The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, 2020[10]
  • Everybody in the Red Brick Building, October 2021[11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oge Mora Bio". Oge Mora Official Website. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). December 20, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  3. ^ "Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present". October 27, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 EJK Award Winners". The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  5. ^ Corbett, Sue. "Fall 2018 Flying Starts: Oge Mora". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Sutton, Roger (September 5, 2018). "Oge Mora Talks with Roger". Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Corbett, Sue (December 21, 2018). "Fall 2018 Flying Starts: Oge Mora". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Saturday". Publishers Weekly. June 26, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  9. ^ Sewing, Joy (March 23, 2018). "When women rise up in children's books". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read". Publishers Weekly. November 14, 2019. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Children's Books for Fall 2020". Publishers Weekly. July 17, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  12. ^ "WaaaAAH! Rraak! 'Everybody in the Red Brick Building' is awake!". NPR. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
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