![]() ![]() ![]() "I carry my notebook with me everywhere I go, and when the train is delayed, I say, okay, I can finish another chapter." They're working together on a followup to "Sit-In," which, like their other works, looks to entertain as it educates kids. "I do some of my best writing on the C train," she says. The busy mom has also learned to multitask wherever she can. They go to a neutral location, like their favorite diner, to go over manuscripts and sketches. "We share the same house, the same kids, the same toothpaste," she says. Most authors and illustrators never meet face-to-face, but the Pinkneys have a unique situation. "And then that day she'll take the kids to a Broadway show so that I can work." "And I say great, but I get next Sunday!" laughs her husband. "I need to spend it working in the studio, or at the Paley Center listening to audiotapes." "There's days where I'm under deadline, and I tell him: I need Sunday!" she says. Other authors: Sean Qualls (Illustrator) Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 206: 11: 104,547 (3.56) 5: In 1936, three children meet at the Mercy Home for Negro Orphans in New York State, and while not all three are orphans, they are all dealing with grief and loss which together, along. ![]()
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