Eloise Greenfield

**Eloise Greenfield** (May 17, 1929 – August 5, 2021) was an American writer of children's books and poetry. She was well-known for her sense of rhythm and description of the African-American experience, including efforts to end racism in the United States.

## Selected works

- Fiction
- _Bubbles_ (1972, illustrated by Eric Marlow, later reprinted as _Good News_)
- _She Comes Bringing Me that Little Baby Girl_ (1974, illustrated by John Steptoe; winner of the Irma Simonton Black Award, Bank Street College of Education)
- _Sister_ (1974, illustrated by Moneta Barnett; winner of _The New York Times_ Outstanding Book of the Year citation)
- _Me and Neesie_ (1975, illustrated by Moneta Barnett)
- _First Pink Light_ (1976, illustrated by Barnett)
- _Africa Dream_ (1976, illustrated by Carole Byard; Coretta Scott King Award winner)
- _I Can Do It by Myself_ (1978, with her mother, Lessie Jones Little, illustrated by Byard)
- _Talk About a Family_ (1978, illustrated by James Calvin)
- _Darlene_ (1980, illustrated by George Ford)
- _Grandmama's Joy_ (1980, illustrated by Byard)
- _Grandpa's Face_ (1988, illustrated by Floyd Cooper)
- _Big Friend, Little Friend_ (1991, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist)
- _I Make Music_ (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Lisa's Daddy and Daughter Day_ (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _My Doll, Keshia_ (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _My Daddy and I_ (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Koya DeLaney and the Good Girl Blues_ (1992)
- _Aaron and Gayla's Alphabet Book_ (1993, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _William and the Good Old Days_ (1993, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Sweet Baby Coming_ (1994, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Honey, I Love_ (1995 picture book, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _On My Horse_ (1995, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Easter Parade_ (1998, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Water, Water_ (1999)
- _MJ and Me_ (1999)
- _Grandma's Joy_ (1999)
- _The Friendly Four_ (2006, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Thinker: my puppy poet and me" (2019, illustrated by Ehsan Abdollahi)
- _Alaina and the Great Play_ (2021, illustrated by Colin Bootman)

- Biographies and non-fiction
- _Rosa Parks_ (1973, illustrated by Eric Marlow; winner of the 1974 Carter G. Woodson Book Award from the National Council for the Social Studies)
- _Paul Robeson_ (1975, illustrated by Ford; winner of the 1976 Jane Addams Children's Book Award; Coretta Scott King Honor)
- _Mary McLeod Bethune_ (1977, illustrated by Pinkney; Coretta Scott King Honor)
- _Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir_ (1979, with her mother, L. J. Little, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney; Coretta Scott King Honor; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award)
- _Alesia_ (1981, with Alesia Revis, illustrated by Ford, with photographs by Sandra Turner Bond)
- _For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me_ (1997, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea_ (2003, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives_ (2019, illustrated by Daniel Minter)

- Poetry
- _Honey, I Love and Other Poems_ (1978, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon; winner of the Recognition of Merit Award)
- _Daydreamers_ (1981, illustrated by Tom Feeling)
- _Nathaniel Talking_ (1988, illustrated by Gilchrist; Coretta Scott King Honor)
- _Under the Sunday Tree_ (1988, illustrated by Amos Ferguson)
- _Night on Neighborhood Street_ (1991, illustrated by Gilchrist; Coretta Scott King Honor)
- _Angels_ (1998, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs_ (2001, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _In the Land of Words_ (2004, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _When the horses ride by: Children in the times of war_ (2006, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _Brothers & Sisters_ (2008, illustrated by Gilchrist)
- _The Great Migration: Journey to the North'' (2011, illustrated by Gilchrist; Coretta Scott King Honor)

## Related pages

- List of poets from North America