Shannon Wright – illustratör

When Remya Jose had to spend many hours washing her family’s laundry by hand, she invented a pedal powered washing machine that could finish the chore in only twenty minutes. When Tripp Phillips’s Lego creations kept falling apart, he developed a glue strong enough to hold his creations together but would wash off when he was ready to build something new. And when Fatima Al Kaabi didn’t have anyone willing to teach her about robotics, she turned to the Internet to teach herself all the skills she needed - and created multiple crowd-pleasing robots in the process.Whether it was solving daily problems, protecting the environment, helping others, or just for fun, the thirty-five kid inventors in this book each created something amazing, and proved that even the youngest people can change the world.

A heartfelt and delightful middle-grade graphic novel,from the award-winning author Varian Johnson and rising cartoonistShannon Wright.Maureen and Francine Carter are twins and bestfriends. They participate in the same clubs, enjoy the same foods and are partnerson all their school projects.But just before the girls start sixth grade, Francine becomesFran - a girl who wants to join the chorus, runfor class president and dress in fashionable outfits that set herapart from Maureen. A girl who seems happy to share only twoclasses with her sister!Maureen and Francine are growing apart and there's nothingMaureen can do to stop it. Are sisters really forever? Or willmiddle school change things for good? Perfect for fans of Ann. M. Martin's TheBaby-Sitters Club and Raina Telgemeier.

Clothes to Make You Smile is a picture book biography about Patrick Kelly, one of fashion’s most influential Black designers, joyously told by fashion expert and educator Eric Darnell Pritchard and beautifully illustrated by award-winning artist Shannon Wright.Patrick Kelly was one of the most influential fashion designers of the twentieth century, but growing up in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he didn’t see many boys who liked to sew. That didn’t stop him from sitting down at his grandma’s table and picking up a needle and thread.Patrick loved the way clothes could make someone feel their best, and he dreamed of creating designs full of joy and whimsy. Those dreams brought him to some of the biggest cities in the world, but when he got there, he was told that his clothes were too vibrant, too tacky, and too much!When the fashion world rejected his designs, Patrick just laughed and carried right on working. He created clothes for people like him, outsiders who didn’t grow up fitting in but weren’t afraid to stand out. He filled his designs with love, and when the world finally recognized his talent, they couldn’t help but smile.