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Biography
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A native of Little Rock, Arkansas,
Higgins Bond earned a BFA degree
from the Memphis College of Art. She
has a prestigious group of honors,
including a medal of honor from
Governor Bill Clinton and
exhibitions at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and the DuSable Museum
of African-American Art in Chicago,
Illinois. She
is the illustrator of three stamps
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for the United States Postal Service
and four stamps for the United
Nations Postal Administration. Many
of her original images have been
published by some of this country's
largest collector plate companies.
She also has illustrated more than
20 books for both children and
adults.
Higgins Bond is a member of the
Society of Illustrators. Her
clients include such notable names
as: The Bradford Exchange,
McGraw-Hill Publishers, The Frankin
Mint, NBC Television, Hennessy
Cognac, Anheuser-Busch, Frito-Lay,
Columbia House, Essence and Black
Enterprise magazines.
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Honors |
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Awarded Certificate of
Merit, 21st Annual
National Exhibition of
the Society of
Illustrators
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Awarded 1979 CEBA Award
of Merit for work in
Black Enterprise
Magazine.
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Featured in the
Anheuser-Busch
television commercial
for "Roots: The Second
Generation," advertising
the "Great Kings Of
Africa" series of
paintings, which
includes
three Higgins Bond
paintings.
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Presented the "Key to
the City" by Mayor
William H. Hudnut III of
Indianapolis, IN (1981)
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Received Medal of Honor
from the Arkansas
Sesquicentennial
Committee honoring
distinguished
Arkansans in 1986,
presented by Governor
Bill Clinton.
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Illustrator of the Jan
Matzeliger (1991), W.E.B.
DuBois (1992), and Percy
L. Julian (1993)
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29-cent commemorative
stamps for the United
States Postal Service.
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Book Award of Excellence
(1993) for When I
Was Little, by
Toyomi Ingus, awarded by
the
Multicultural Exchange.
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Parents' Choice Approval
Seal (1998) for
Sonq of La Selva: A
Story of A Costa Rican
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Rain Forest,
by Joan Banks.
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Inducted in the Arkansas
Black Hall of Fame
(1997)
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Member of the National
Society of Illustrators
- New York, NY.
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Illustrator of four
stamps for the United
Nations Postal
Administration on
Endangered
Species, issued February
2001.
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Guest lecturer at
numerous colleges,
universities and
schools.
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Books Illustrated |
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1999 Facts About
Blacks by
Raymond M. Corbin,
Beckham House Publishers
(1986)
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When I Was Little,
by Toyomi Ingus, Just Us
Books (1992)
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Ancient Rome
by Daniel Cohen,
Doubleday (1992)
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Time for Sleep
by Claire Chapelle,
Macmillan/McGraw Hill
(1993)
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Younq Martin's
Promise by
Walter Dean Myers,
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
(1993)
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Thurgood Marshall,
Supreme Court Justice
by Garnet Nelson
Jackson, Modern
Curriculum Press
(1994)
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Susie Kinq Taylor
Destined To Be Free
by Denise M. Jordon,
Just Us Books (1994)
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Toni Morrison,
Author by Garnet
Nelson Jackson, Modem
Curriculum Press (1995)
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Handshake in Space
by Sheri Tan,
Smithsonian Institution
and The Trudy
Corporation (1998)
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Song of La Selva:
A Story of A Costa Rican
Rain Forest by
Joan Banks, The Nature
Conservancy and The
Trudy Corporation (1998)
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Do Whales Have
Belly Buttons?
by Melvin and Gilda
Berger, Scholastic Inc.
(1998)
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Why Do Volcanoes
Blow Their Tops?
by Melvin and Gilda
Berqer, Scholastic Inc.
(1999)
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Do Tornadoes
Really Twist? by
Melvin and Gilda Berger,
Scholastic Inc. (2000)
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Do Penquins Get
Frostbite? by
Melvin and Gilda Berger,
Scholastic Inc. (2000)
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Death Comes For
The Archbishop
by Willa Cather, Easton
Press (2001)
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Death Comes For
The Archbishop
by Willa Cather, Easton
Press (2001)
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Death Comes For
The Archbishop
by Willa Cather, Easton
Press (2001)
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Hey, Daddy! Animal
Fathers and their Babies
by Mary Batten,
Peachtree Publishers
(2002)
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Trails Above the
Tree Line by
Audrey Fraggalosh,
Soundprints Division of
the Trudy Corp. (2002)
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Where Did The
Butterfly Get Its Name?
by Melvin and Gilda
Berger, Scholastic Inc.
(2002)
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Elgin. American Bible
Society (2002)
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Jesus Prays To His
Father, (Book 19
Level 1) Base on Mathew
26. 36-45, Text adapted
By Suzette Haden Elgin.
American Bible Society
(2002)
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The Seven Seas,
Exploring the World
Ocean by Linda
Viera, Walker & Company,
(2003)
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Groundhog at
Evergreen Road
by Susan Korman, The
Trudy Corporation and
the Smithsonian
Institution (2003)
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Then I Think of
God by Martha
Whitmore Hickman, Albert
Whitman & Company,
((2003)
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Who Has A Belly
Button? by Mary
Batten, Peachtree
Publishers, (2004)
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Pen Pals
by Michael Rose Ramirez,
Mondo Publishing, (2004)
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The Christmas Pea
Coat by Richard
H Schneider, Ideals
Children's Books, (2004)
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I Am Sacaiawea, I
Am York, by
Claire Rudolf Murphy,
Walker & Company, (2004)
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The Mighty
Mississippi, by
Linda Vieira, Walker &
Company, (2005)
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A Place For
Butterflies by
Melissa Stewart,
Peachtree Publishers,
(2006)
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