Eloise Greenfield, late children's book author, inspired generations of Black writers and readers. - NBCBLK
spanned five decades and fans who grew up reciting her poems, reading her books to their children and buying them for their grandchildren.
“As her vision became worse, she would dictate her thoughts and I would type them,” Monica Greenfield said. The first book she illustrated was one by Greenfield’s mother, Lessie Jones Little, a collection of poems titled “Children of Long Ago.” Greenfield loved Gilchrist’s work and the two became fast friends, talking five or six times a day and traveling together promoting projects.
“She was one of the most honest and fair people I ever met,” said Gilchrist, who added: “I’m having a difficult time with this loss. This woman never bowed. Never bowed.” “She was a master poet, a groundbreaking storyteller. I stand on her shoulders,” said children’s author Kelly Starling Lyons, a founding member of Brown Bookshelf, a group of authors and illustrators that promotes awareness of the “myriad of African American voices writing for young readers.”
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