ASHLEY BRYAN 

Meet Ashley

Ashley Bryan has been writing and illustrating award-winning children’s books on Little Cranberry Island for over five decades. Many of his illustrations are based on African tales and African Americans spirituals. Ashley Bryan has written and/or illustrated over 49 children’s books. His books have been selected as Coretta Scott King Award Books, Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book and ALA notable children’s book among other. In 1990 Bryan received the Arbothnot Prise, one of the highest honors in children’s literature. Ashley Bryant also holds several honorary Doctor of Education degrees from The University of California, University of Wisconsin and others. Ashley Bryan is many things: teacher, artist, author, storyteller, poet, puppet maker, performer, historian, folklorist, activist, brother, friend, son neighbor, but more than anything he is a man whose very nature defies labels.