Shane W. Evans — Illustrator
Non-fiction
The Banana-Leaf Ball, 2017
Biography
Shane W. Evans is the illustrator of many picture books for children, including The Way a Door Closes, a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award winner; Underground, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; My Brother Charlie, a NAACP Image Award winner; We March and Lillian’s Right to Vote, Jane Addams Award winners; as well as Chocolate Me! and Mixed Me! He has exhibited his art in West Africa and Paris, as well as in Chicago, New York, and other major U.S. cities. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where he runs Dream Studio, a community art space.
Awards
The Banana-Leaf Ball
2019 - Alberta Children’s Choice Rocky Mountain Book Award, Bank Street College, Commended
2018 - Best Children’s Books of the Year, Cooperative Children’s Book Center, Winner
2018 - CCBC Choices 2018, Massachusetts Center for the Book, Commended
2018 - Massachusetts Book Awards - Picture Book Category, Ontario Library Association, Honor Book
2018 - Silver Birch Express Award, Skipping Stones Magazine, Commended
2018 - Skipping Stones Honor List, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner
2017 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, starred selection, California Reading Association, Winner
2017 - Eureka! Honor Award, Winner