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

## References