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(1923-2022) Author, illustrator. Ashley Bryan was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Sugar Land, Texas.

Full Name

Ashley Bryan

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Bryan lived with his family in the Bronx, New York.

1923

BIRTH

Ashley Frederick Bryan was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, on July 13, 1923.

1950

OTHER

Mr. Bryan studied at Cooper Union Art School and at Columbia University, where he received a degree in philosophy in 1950.

1986

LITWORK

Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
068931311X / 978-0689313110
Children's book.

1999

LITWORK

The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
0689824270 / 978-0689824272
Children's book.

2003

LITWORK

Beautiful Blackbird
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
0689847319 / 978-0689847318
Children's book.

2007

LITWORK

Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
0689847327 / 978-0689847325
Children's book.

2009

LITWORK

Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
1416905413 / 978-1416905417
Children's book.

2012

LITWORK

Who Built the Stable?: A Nativity Poem
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
1442409347 / 978-1442409347
Children's book.

2013

LITWORK

Can���t Scare Me!
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
1442476575 / 978-1442476578
Children's book.

2014

LITWORK

Ashley Bryan's Puppets: Making Something from Everything
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
1442487283 / 978-1442487284
Children's book.

2016

LITWORK

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
1481456903 / 978-1481456906
Children's book.

2019

LITWORK

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey From World War II To Peace
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
1534404902 / 978-1534404908
Memoir.

2022

DEATH

Ashley Bryan died at the home of a niece in Sugar Land, Texas, on February 4, 2022.

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