In Memory: Ashley Bryan

Photo credit: Bill McGuinness

By Rebecca Kirshenbaum

The children’s literature world lost a giant when celebrated illustrator and author Ashley Bryan died on Feb. 2, 2022 in Sugar Land, Texas, at the home of his niece Vanessa Robinson. He was 98.

Ashley Bryan, Who Brought Diversity to Children’s Books, Dies at 98 by Clay Risen from The New York Times. Peek: “Mr. Bryan had already built a 20-year career as an artist when, in 1965, he read an article . . . bemoaning the lack of diversity in child...