Richard Gregory Christie received a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Freedom in Congo Square, written by Carole Boston Weatherford. He is a three-time recipient of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books Award, a six-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor in Illustration, and a winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the NAACP Image Award, and the Once Upon a World Children's Book Award from the Museum of Tolerance.






