Brian Pinkney





Brian Pinkney

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Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, (Jerry) Brian Pinkney was raised in an artistic household. "My two brothers and sister and I played musical instruments, and we were always drawing, painting, or building things," the illustrator once recalled of his childhood. While his mother, children's book author Gloria Jean Pinkney, would inspire all her children with a love of reading, it would be his father, illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who would serve as a mentor to young Brian. "I did everything he did," Pinkney would later admit. "My desk was a miniature version of his desk. The paintbrushes and pencils I used were often the ones from his studio that were too old or too small for him to use. I had a paint set like his and a studio like his. Except my...more


Average rating: 3.93 · 2,107 ratings · 551 reviews · 51 distinct works
Max Found Two Sticks
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 57 ratings6 editions
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The Adventures of Sparrowboy
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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Hush, Little Baby
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Jojos Flying Sidekick
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Cosmo and the Robot
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Jazz Greats: Library Edition
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Lost Zoo
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Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cin...
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3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
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The Dream Keeper and Other ...
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Happy Birthday, Martin Luth...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions
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