Ashley Bryan, whose joyous picture books celebrated Black life and history, dies at 98
He helped broaden children’s literature, treating Black characters with dignity, not disdain Mr. Bryan wrote or illustrated more than 70 children’s books over six decades, in addition to making paintings, linoleum block prints, collage works, hand puppets and elaborate stained glass windows, which he crafted from sea glass that washed up near his home on […]
