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With Books and Bricks – How Booker T. Washington Built a School

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...

Portfolio III

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...

Wheaton College makes an appearance in Friends for Freedom!

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.

I still miss you…

by Nicole Tadgell | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized

New review for With Books and Bricks!

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...

Friends for Freedom Launches Today!

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...