Bio
Eloise Greenfield is the author of more than forty books for children. She writes picture books, poetry, fiction and biography for children of all ages and has received many awards, including the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children (National Council of Teachers of English). Her work is used by Columbia University's Teachers College to teach the writing of poetry. Ms. Greenfield lives in Washington, DC and has a son and a daughter and four grandchildren.

The Friendly Four
HarperCollins/Amistad, 2006
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Awards & Honors:
CCBC Choices for 2007 &
Atlanta's Parents' Must-Read Books

When the Horses Ride By: Children in the Times of War
Lee & Low Books, 2006
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Awards & Honors: :
CCBC Choices for 2007
Honorable Mention for the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards

Me and Neesie (reissue)
HarperCollins/Amistad, 2005
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Original edition, 1975
Illustrated by Moneta Barnett
Awards & Honors:
The Horn Book “As Good As Gold” list
ALA Notable Book
Reading Rainbow Selection

In the Land of Words: New and Selected Poems HarperCollins/Amistad, 2004
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Awards & Honors:
NCTE Notable Book in the Language Arts
One of Essence Magazine’s Best Children’s Books of the Year

How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea
HarperCollins/Amistad, 2003
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Awards & Honors:
One of the best children’s books of the year, Children’s Book Committee, Bank Street College of Education

Honey, I Love [picture book]
HarperCollins/Amistad, 2003
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

Water, Water
HarperCollins, 1999
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist

For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me
HarperCollins, 1997
Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Awards & Honors:
Nominee, Young Hoosier Award
American Bookseller Pick of the List

Rosa Parks [new edition]

HarperCollins, 1995
Illustrated by Gil Ashby
Original edition, 1973
Illustrated by Eric Marlow
Awards & Honors:
Carter G. Woodson Award (NCSS)
Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Social Studies NCSS/CBC)

2006 Roberta Long Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Literature Celebrating the Cultural Diversity of Children, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2005  Award of Excellence, Washington, D. C. branch of the National Writing Project

2004 Milner Award (favorite author of the children of Atlanta and Fulton County, Georgia

2003 North Star Lifetime Achievement Award, Hurston/Wright Foundation

1999 Induction into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent

1998 Hope S. Dean Award, Foundation for Children’s Literature

1997 Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, NCTE

1997 Humanist of the Year Award, Washington, DC Humanities Council

1996 Association for Childhood Education International

1993 Lifetime Achievement Award, Moonstone, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.

1993 Children’s Literature and Social Responsibility Award, Boston Educators for Social Responsibility

1992 Honorary Doctor of Education degree, Wheelock College, Boston, MA

1983 Washington, D.C. Mayor’s Art Award in Literature

1981 National Black Child Development Institute

Awards from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Norfolk, Virginia; Prince Georges County, Maryland; and Washington, D. C. alumnae chapters