EKUA HOLMES is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which she received several awards, including a Caldecott Honor, the John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor; Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander, Chris Colderley, and Marjory Wentworth, for which she received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer, for which she received the 2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and the critically acclaimed Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran by Cory McCarthy Her latest book written by Carole Boston Weatherford is Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair. Ekua Holmes lives in Boston.

CROWNING GLORY: A CELEBRATION OF BLACK HAIR

Through rhyming text and vibrant collage art, Crowning Glory: A Celebration of Black Hair by the award-winning duo of Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes shows how Black hairstyles embody beauty and loving ritual, culture and community, expression and strength, patience and boundless creativity. Crowning Glory brings an array of gorgeous hair designs—and the individuals who wear them—to bold and powerful life.