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Christian Robinson (born August 2, 1986) is an American illustrator of children's books and an animator. He is based in Sacramento, California and has worked with The Sesame Street Workshop and Pixar Animation Studios. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts. Personal life Robinson grew up in Los Angeles, California, raised by his grandmother in a one-bedroom home shared by six people. He began his career in animation until a mentor, Ben Butcher, inspired his shift toward children's books. He lived for seven years in San Francisco before relocating to Sacramento. Awards Robinson was awarded a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor and a Caldecott Honor for Last Stop on Market Street. The book also won the 2016 Newbery Medal, for author Matt de la Peña who said of his process, "I know editors often want to keep writers and illustrators apart, but I feel this story really benefited from the fact that I knew Christian was going to be the illustrator. I printed out his piece with the boy on the bus with his grandma and had it next to me as I wrote the story. That piece set the tone, I think. I just followed it into the story." Last Stop on Market Street was also named to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List with an "Outstanding Merit" distinction. In 2021, he published, alongside Matt de la Peña, Milo Imagines the World. His "colorful collage" art helped the book become a 2022 Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year List with an “Outstanding Merit” distinction and shared the Committee’s Josette Frank Award with Angeline Boulley's Firekeeper's Daughter. Robinson provided "colorful bold line drawings" to Renée Watson's 2012 picture book Harlem's Little Blackbird, which earned a spot on the 2013 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List. He was the winner of the 2014 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for Rain! authored by Linda Ashman The book was also a 2014 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year and Robinson was noted for his "gentle paint and watercolor illustrations." He was also awarded the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for Josephine in 2015. Gaston was selected in 2015 for an IRA Teachers' Choices Reading List award. and was also selected as a 2015 Notable Children's Book for younger readers by the Association for Library Service to Children. He was the illustrator for Mac Barnett's 2015 picture book, Leo: A Ghost Story. His "moody blue illustrations" helped the book become a 2016 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year. Robinson provided "folk-art style paintings" for Margaret Wise Brown's reissued (2016) The Dead Bird, which received an "Outstanding Merit" distinction on the 2017 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List. He was the illustrator for Cynthia Rylant's 2016 picture book, Little Penguins which was also the 2017 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List. In 2018, his "evocative mixed-media illustrations" appeared in Matt de la Peña's Carmela Full of Wishes which appeared on the 2019 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List. He provided the "stylized paint and collage illustrations" for Julie Fogliano's 2019 Just in Case You Want to Fly which was a 2020 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year with an "Outstanding Merit" distinction. His 2019 picture book, Another was also a 2020 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year and also received an "Outstanding Merit" distinction. Selected works Harlem's Little Blackbird by Renée Watson (2012) Rain! by Linda Ashman (2013) Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell (2013) Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio (2014) The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade by Justin Roberts (2014) Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña (2015) Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett (2015) The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown reissued in (2016) School's First Day of School by Adam Rex (2016) Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant (2016) Antoinette by Kelly DiPucchio (2017) When's My Birthday? by Julie Fogliano (2017) Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Peña (2018) Another by Christian Robinson (2019) Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano (2019) He illustrated the jacket for Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song (2019) The Bench by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (2021) Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña (2021) Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman (2023) References. Discover the Christian Robinson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Christian Robinson books.
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The Death of Adam
Marilynne RobinsonIn this awardwinning collection, the bestselling author of Gilead offers us other ways of thinking about history, religion, and society. Whether rescuing "Calvinism" and its creato...
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Beautifully Me
Nabela NoorFrom designer, creator, and selflove advocate Nabela Noor (@Nabela) comes a muchneeded picture book about loving yourself just as you are.Meet Zubi: a joyful Bangladeshi girl excit...
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Androcles and the Lion
Dan Laurence & George Bernard ShawAndrocles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw.Androcles and the Lion is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requited mercy...
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Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen - Illustrated by Thomas, Charles and W. Heath Robinson
Hans Christian AndersenFairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen contains a collection of 38 classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by the Robinson Brothers, Thomas, William Heath and ...
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Rama the Steadfast
M Valmiki, John Brockington & Mary BrockingtonWarriorprince Rama is about to be crowned Young King, when he hears the devastating news that his father, King of Ayodhya, has been tricked into banishing him to the forest. His de...
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The Brown Reader
Judy Sternlight“To be up all night in the darkness of your youth but to be ready for the day to come…that was what going to Brown felt like.” Jeffrey EugenidesIn celebration of Brown University’s...
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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe, Paul Theroux & Robert MayerDaniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robi...
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When I Was a Child I Read Books
Marilynne RobinsonA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA New York Times BestsellerA New York Magazine Best Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the Year Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author of ...
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A Legacy of Preaching, Volume One---Apostles to the Revivalists
ZondervanA Legacy of Preaching, Volume OneApostles to the Revivalists explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most import...
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Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works
Aphra BehnWhen Prince Oroonoko’s passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surin...
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Seven Men
Eric MetaxasIn Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted portraits of widely knownbut not well understoodChristian men, each of whom uniquely...
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Moral Combat
R. Marie GriffithFrom an esteemed scholar of American religion and sexuality, a sweeping account of the century of religious conflict that produced our culture wars Gay marriage, transgender rights...
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The Admiral
Gregg Lewis & Deborah Shaw LewisDisciplined Life, Determined Athlete, Devoted ChristianKids will be inspired by the compelling story of David “The Admiral” Robinson, who went from the Navy to the NBA, becoming MV...
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Exemplary Stories
Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraComposed throughout Cervantes's writing life and mentioned in Don Quixote, his Exemplary Stories are among the first and finest Spanish short stories: ranging from traditional tale...
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The Wishing Machine
JONATHAN HILLMANOge Mora’s Saturday meets Carmela Full of Wishes in this touching and whimsical picture book about a mother and child’s last trip to their local laundromat before moving away.Every...
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A Sentimental Journey
Laurence Sterne & Paul GoringWhen Yorick, the roving narrator of Sterne's innovative final novel, sets off for France on a whim, he produces no ordinary travelogue. Jolting along in his coach from Calais, thro...
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss“We prepared for our rest; we loaded all our arms, then offered up our prayers together, thanking God for his signal mercy to us, and commending ourselves to his care.”When a Swiss...
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
John BunyanComposed and published while John Bunyan (16281688) was in prison for his religious principles, Grace Abounding is an extraordinary spiritual autobiography. It was written in an ag...
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The Treasure Chest
Johann Hebel & John HibberdA wonderful collection of moral tales, anecdotes, jokes, reports of murders, disasters and mysteries, all originally written for inclusion in a popular religious almanac.
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The Book of Queer Prophets
Ruth Hunt‘A fascinating and thoughtful exploration of faith in the modern world. If you’re wondering why it matters and how to make sense of it, read on.’ – Clare BaldingIs it possible to b...
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Seven Days in Utopia
David L. CookGolfers and nongolfers alike will be moved by this powerful story of transformation revealing the secrets to success in life beyond success in our game or work.Luke Chisolm is a ta...
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David WyssWhen a harrowing storm forces their ship aground, and having been abandoned by their crew, a Swiss familya pastor, his wife, and their two sonsis forced to survive on a deserted tr...
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The Givenness of Things
Marilynne RobinsonThe spirit of our times can appear to be one of joyless urgency. As a culture we have become less interested in the exploration of the glorious mind, and more interested in creatin...
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Seven Men
Eric MetaxasIn Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely knownbut not well understoodChristian men, ...
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The Far Land
Brandon PresserFor fans of The Wager and Mutiny on the Bounty comes a thrilling true tale of power, obsession, and betrayal at the edge of the world. In 1808, an American...
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Just In Case You Want to Fly
Julie Fogliano & Christian RobinsonA message of love, support, and empowerment, from bestselling author Julie Fogliano and Christian Robinson, Caldecott Honoree and creator of the New York Times Bestseller You Matte...