Aaron and Gayla's Counting Book by Eloise Greenfield

Greenfield experienced racism first-hand in the segregated southern U.S., especially when she visited her grandparents in North Carolina and Virginia. A shy and studious child, she loved music and took piano lessons. Little and his wife Lessie Blanche (née Jones) Little (1906–1986). She was the second oldest of five children of Weston W. Greenfield has received, for the body of her work, the 1993 Lifetime Achievement Award from Moonstone, Inc., Philadelphia and the 1993 Children's Literature and Social Responsibility Award from the Boston Educators for Social Responsibility.Greenfield was born Eloise Little in Parmele, North Carolina, and grew up in Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression in the Langston Terrace housing project, which provided a warm childhood experience for her. For many of her books, she has received Notable Book citations from the American Library Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the National Council for the Social Studies. Woodson Award for Rosa Parks, and the Irma Simonton Black Award for She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for Africa Dream, the Carter G. In 1999 she became a member of the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. Greenfield has also received the Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, given by the National Council of Teachers of English. Greenfield is also a member of the African-American Writers Guild. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, has taught creative writing to elementary and junior high school students. She has given free workshops on the writing of African-American literature for children, and, under grants from the D.C. Black Writers' Workshop (now defunct), a group whose goal was to encourage the writing and publishing of Africa-American literature. She headed the Adult Fiction and Children's Literature divisions of the D.C. In addition to writing herself, Eloise Greenfield has found time to work with other writers. Stone Center for Children's Books in Claremont, California for Honey, I Love and an honorary degree from Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts. Greenfield has received many honors for her work, including the 1990 Recognition of Merit Award presented by the George G.

There were far too few books that told the truth about African-American people. Her decision to write came from a lack of books on African Americans. Greenfield studied piano as a child and teenager, before getting a full time civil service job. While she was still an infant, her family moved to Washington, D.C., where she has lived ever since. Eloise Greenfield was born in Parmele, North Carolina, on May 17, 1929.

Aaron and Gayla's Counting Book by Eloise Greenfield