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The Pinkneys Are A Picture Book Perfect, Author-Illustrator Couple

When author Andrea Davis Pinkney decided to write a book about a sit in, her husband Brian Pinkney asked, &quot;How am I going to illustrate this, Andrea? They're just sitting.&quot; She told him: &quot;Well, honey ... I'm sure you'll think of something.&quot; And he did. The lunch counter in <em>Sit-In</em> &quot;takes on a life of its own,&quot; she says: It's a roller coaster, it's a road, it's a character in the story. (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
When author Andrea Davis Pinkney decided to write a book about a sit in, her husband Brian Pinkney asked, "How am I going to illustrate this, Andrea? They're just sitting." She told him: "Well, honey ... I'm sure you'll think of something." And he did. The lunch counter in Sit-In "takes on a life of its own," she says: It's a roller coaster, it's a road, it's a character in the story. (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

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