CHARLY PALMER is an award-winning author-illustrator, and world-renowned fine artist known for his compelling artwork that reflects African ancestry and contemporary experiences. Palmer is the recipient of the 2018 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song.  Along with his wife, Karida L. Brown, Palmer edited and curated The New Brownies Book, winner of the NAACP Image Award, Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) Literary Award, and the Horn Book Award Special Citation. Charly’s debut author-illustrated picture book, Gravity, won the Texas Library Association Bluebonnet Award in 2024. His latest illustrated picture book, How Sweet the Sound, was selected as a best book of the year by Kirkus, NYPL, and The Horn Book.

HOW SWEET THE SOUND
How Sweet The Sound written by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Charly Palmer features artists ranging from Miles Davis to Kendrick Lamar. The duo created an award winning books that is described as the soundtrack of America. Some of the artist featured in the book are  Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, James Brown and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.