Charles R Jr Smith

Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed poet and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of My People , a picture book based on the poem by Langston Hughes. He is also the illustrator of If , the author and photographer of I Am the World , and he won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his book Twelve Rounds To Glory . He grew up in California and attended the Brooks Institute of Photography. A magazine and book cover photographer in addition to a picture book creator, Charles lives...See more

Charles R. Smith Jr. is an acclaimed poet and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of My People , a picture book based on the poem by Langston Hughes. He is also the illustrator of If , the author and photographer of I Am the World , and he won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for his book Twelve Rounds To Glory . He grew up in California and attended the Brooks Institute of Photography. A magazine and book cover photographer in addition to a picture book creator, Charles lives with his wife and kids in Poughkeepsie, New York. Visit him at CharlesRSmithJr.com. See less