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This article examined the underrepresentation of Black characters in children’s picture books, particularly in natural settings, and its effect on Black children’s relationship with nature. Through an analysis of four contemporary picture books, the study revealed how visual depictions challenge these exclusions and expand narratives about Black engagement with the natural world. Utilizing visual semiotics and the theory of Black Aliveness, this research underscores the transformative power of illustrations by Black artists in enriching children’s literature and advancing joy.

An obituary for illustrator Floyd Cooper, who died on Jul 15, 2021 at the age of 65, is presented. Cooper has illustrated over one hundred titles celebrating and exploring the African American experience, using a unique subtractive technique he termed \"oil erasure.\" His books have won multiple awards, including a 2009 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for The Blacker the Berry, written by Joyce Carol Thomas; and a 2021 Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Honor for Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, written by Carole Boston Weatherford, one of his last works.

[Floyd Eugene Cooper] was a proud Union Journeyman Carpenter there wasn't anything he couldn't fix or build with his hands. His greatest joys were fishing, camping, buying cars, his family and all of his beloved pets.

Floyd Cooper, an author and artist who has written and published 57 books, demonstrates how to draw a picture out of a simple line...

Author and illustrator Floyd Cooper of New York draws a horse using the doodles of first-graders, above left, Nathan Zeiger and...

* Where: 2:30 to 4 p.m. book signing at Books on Broadway, 401 S. Broadway St.; 7 p.m. Author's Night presentation at Montage, 527 S. Broadway. 1 [Floyd Cooper] ILLUSTRATED the cover of 'Satchmo's Blues' about jazz cornetist Louis Armstrong. The fictional account tells of young Louis' desire to own a cornet and the inspiration he found in the musicians of New Orleans' jazz halls early in the 20th century. (2) THE INSPIRATION for 'Miz Berlin Walks' by Jane Yolen was Yolen's grandmother, Fanny Berlin of Hampton Roads, Va., who took a long walk every evening. The book is about a black child and an elderly white woman who tells stories to her as they walk. Yolen has described Cooper's illustrations as 'sensuous stories on their own.' PHOTO CREDIT: None

Many of our elementary school children will have an opportunity to meet [Floyd Cooper] next week. Although Cooper won't be visiting every school, parents and teachers from Okaloosa, Santa Rosa and Walton counties can meet this author and illustrator on Saturday. Cooper will be the keynote speaker for the Okaloosa Reading Council's conference, \"Paint Your World with Words,\" from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Edge Elementary in Niceville. Cooper speaks at 8:30. Join the fifth-grade band students from Bluewater, Oak Hill and Valparaiso elementary schools in \"First Perfor-mance,\" a demonstration concert. The band plays tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Bluewater Elementary multipurpose room under the direction of Sue Nicholson, with special guest Dan Wooten of Lewis Middle School.