Does anybody know imformation about the author Jim Haskins?

Question

He`s an author.....and I have to do him as an author report.

Answer 1

Jim Haskins is a prolific writer with more than one hundred books to his credit. Many of his books highlight the achievements of African Americans and illuminate the history and culture of Africa itself. His range is broad, moving from simple picture books in the Count Your Way series (reviewed on page 4) that introduce kids to a culture through the numbers one through ten, to more sophisticated picture books such as African Beginnings (reviewed on this page), to entertaining ghost stories such as The Headless Haunt (1994, HarperCollins, $13.95), and biographies of great men and women-Thurgood Marshall, Spike Lee, Rosa Parks and Malcolm X, to name a few.

Haskins is a master of narrative clarity and dramatic writing. In his book about Marshall, the first chapter is an excellent course in the US history of segregation. In Spike Lee (1997, Walker, Ages 12 up, $15.95.), according to our reviewer, Kathleen Karr, Haskins has written an in-your-face sort of book about an equally aggressive, in-your-face individual. In One More River to Cross (1992, Scholastic, Ages 8 to 12, $13.95 and $4.50), Haskins closes by saying "you can murder a man but not the ideas for which he stands."

Haskins does not shy away from controversial issues. His book, The Scottsboro Boys, recounts the trial of nine African-American men for the alleged rape of two white woman. It is a searing look at racial injustice. I am Rosa Parks (1997, Dial, Ages 7 to 10, $12.99) is an easier to read version of Haskins acclaimed book Rosa Parks: My Story. According to our reviewer Meredith Kiger, "this autobiographical story of a prominent woman in the struggle for civil rights should be in every school library. Rosa tells of her life growing up in the South and how it felt to be black in that culture. Following her refusal to give up her seat on the bus, the story covers the resulting boycott as well as other ensuing struggles for civil rights and those who lead the struggles."