rian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor Books, The Faithful Friend by Robert D. San Souci and Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Brian’s own books include Cosmo and the Robot, Max Found Two Sticks, JoJo’s Flying Side Kick, and The Adventures of Sparrowboy, winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award. Brian Pinkney has been awarded the Coretta Scott King Honor Award for illustration three times and the Coretta Scott King medal once, for In the Time of the Drums by Kim Siegelson. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, and their two children.