Children's Book Illustration
Nelson has collaborated in creating children's books with several authors, including Ntozake Shange; children's book authors Donna Jo Napoli, Nikki Grimes and Carole Boston Weatherford; director Spike Lee; and actors Debbie Allen and Will Smith.
In 2009, he published Change Has Come, with illuminated quotations from President Barack Obama.
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