Jim Haskins was the author of more than a hundred books. In 1994 he received the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for a body of work in nonfiction for young people. He died in 2005.

Jim Haskins was the author of more than a hundred books. In 1994 he received the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild Award for a body of work in nonfiction for young people. He died in 2005.