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James Ransome
34 Total Resources 1 Lifetime Achievement Awards 87 Total Book Awards 57 Books
Our Original Resources 7
In-depth Written Interview with James Ransome about
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome about Just a Lucky So and So
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with James Ransome about Uncle Jed's Barbershop
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Meet-the-Author Recording with James Ransome about The Bell Rang
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome about Before She Was Harriet
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with James Ransome about The Creation
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Audio Name Pronunciation with James Ransome
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 23
In-depth Written Interview with James Ransome
Created by TeachingBooks
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Interview with James Ransome
Created by National Book Festival
![Reading Rockets](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/908698823115051008/KkxTeNMY_bigger.jpg)
Interview with James Ransome
Created by Reading Rockets
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2023 Children's Literature Legacy Medal Acceptance Speech given by James Ransome
Created by American Library Association
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Interview with James Ransome
Created by KidLit TV
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Interview with James Ransome
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Interview with James Ransome
Created by The Booking Biz
![Holiday House](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1073594047288225794/CBT3OMcJ_bigger.jpg)
Interview with James Ransome about Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson
Created by Holiday House
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Interview with James Ransome about Fighting with Love
Created by Publishers Weekly
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Interview with James Ransome about The Story of the Saxophone
Created by NPR
Interview with James Ransome about The Bell Rang
Created by Dewey Decibel Podcast
Interview with James Ransome about Overground Railroad
Created by Kidlit 411
Interview with James Ransome about Gridiron
Created by From the Mixed-Up Files...
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Interview with James Ransome about Light in the Darkness
Created by Library of Congress
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Guest Post by James Ransome about Light in the Darkness
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
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Drawing demonstration with James Ransome about The Bell Rang
Created by KidLit TV
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Interview with James Ransome about Gunner, Football Hero
Created by Library of Congress
![Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/449393038821838848/1K42ZuxI_bigger.jpeg)
Interview with James Ransome about Game Changers
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award 2019-2020
Interview with James Ransome about Before She Was Harriet
Created by Politics and Prose
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Author program with James Ransome about Before She Was Harriet
Created by Library of Congress
![KidLit TV](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/779102339324051456/EUG-bEN2_bigger.jpg)
Interview with James Ransome about Game Changers
Created by KidLit TV
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Interview with James Ransome about New Red Bike!
Created by KidLit TV
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Interview with James Ransome about New Red Bike!
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Lifetime Achievement Awards 1
Books by James Ransome 57
![Before She Was Harriet](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823420477.jpg)
![This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0399239863.jpg)
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
by Jacqueline Woodson and James Ransome
35 Resources4 Awards
![Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/148147684X.jpg)
Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
31 Resources5 Awards
![Overground Railroad](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0823438732.jpg)
![Visiting Day](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0590400053.jpg)
![Uncle Jed's Barbershop](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0671769693.jpg)
![Light in the Darkness](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1423134958.jpg)
![My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey](/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1481422219.jpg)
My Story, My Dance: Robert Battle's Journey to Alvin Ailey
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
24 Resources6 Awards
![Do Like Kyla](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/078075493X.jpg)
![Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1534460438.jpg)
Hardcourt: Stories from 75 Years of the National Basketball Association
by Fred Bowen and James Ransome
20 Resources7 Awards
![Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building](/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0375836101.jpg)
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
by Deborah Hopkinson and James Ransome
19 Resources3 Awards
![Satchel Paige](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0689856814.jpg)
![The Story of the Saxophone](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823437027.jpg)
![Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689831595.jpg)
![Under the Quilt of Night](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0689822278.jpg)
![Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0763665932.jpg)
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, and James Ransome
17 Resources2 Awards
![Young Pele: Soccer's First Star](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0375835997.jpg)
![Freedom's School](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1423161033.jpg)
![This Is the Dream](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006055519X.jpg)
![The Creation](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0823410692.jpg)
![Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/059047376X.jpg)
![Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge](/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1984813668.jpg)
![The Old Dog](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0060244097.jpg)
![All the Lights in the Night](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0688101070.jpg)
![On Her Wings: The Story of Toni Morrison](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/1534478523.jpg)
![A Pride of African Tales](/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0060249293.jpg)
![What Lincoln Said](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0060848197.jpg)
![Joltin' Joe DiMaggio](/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1416940804.jpg)
![Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0395546826.jpg)
Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and James Ransome
12 Resources1 Award
![How Many Stars in the Sky?](/content/ingram_images_hi/0/068815218X.jpg)
![The Nutcracker in Harlem](/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0061175986.jpg)
![When Grandmama Sings](/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0688175635.jpg)
![The Wagon](/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0688134572.jpg)
![The Creation](/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823440257.jpg)
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