by Nicole Tadgell | Oct 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School by Suzanne Slade. Albert Whitman & Co. 2014. 978-0807508978Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally...
by Nicole Tadgell | Oct 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Fall FriendsWith Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School by Suzanne Slade.Mystery FeatherFriends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass by Suzanne Slade.Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick...
by Nicole Tadgell | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
When women were allowed to attend college (not just female seminaries and finishing schools) I of course thought showing my alma mater would be most appropriate. :)I worked from a photo of Mary Lyon from the Wheaton archives for this illustration.
by Nicole Tadgell | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
by Nicole Tadgell | Sep 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
“LABOR OF LOVEHistory comes alive in Suzanne Slade and Nicole Tadgell’s With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School, an engaging overview of the life of the legendary educator. Washington’s dreams begin early, during his boyhood as a slave. A...
by Nicole Tadgell | Sep 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Book Birthday!Author copies arrived in the mail just in time for the big day! So many months of hard work, and finally the book is arriving to the world today! I think back on the earliest drafts:early rough sketchFinished artEarly rough sketchFinished...