Jan Spivey Gilchrest

Books by This Illustrator

My Daddy and I

Illustrated by: Jan Spivey Gilchrest
Age Level: 0-3

A boy and his father, shown as African Americans in warmly hued illustrations, enjoy doing everyday activities together, from laundry to sharing a book and more. The simple pleasures of family life are conveyed affectionately through easy but flowing language and realistic paintings in a sturdy format.

Yafi's Family

Illustrated by: Jan Spivey Gilchrest
Age Level: 6-9

Product Description: Meet Yafi, a six-year-old Ethiopian boy who was adopted as a young child. Yafi, his parents, and two sisters remember his early life and his adoption experience by telling stories, revisiting memories, and looking at photographs. Yafi's Family is the story of love, loss, and a boy's discovery of how wide and how deep the bonds of family can be.