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)