In high school, Charles’s love of writing led to him join the high school yearbook staff as a writer where he was also required to take photographs. And if I wasn’t reading a book, I was playing a sport: I played everything, particularly basketball, and spent many afternoons on the court, perfecting my jump shot.” Reading books filled with stories and poems inspired me to write my own. Many of his books have also garnered reluctant reader awards, proving that kids that don’t like to read, do like to read his books.Ĭharles’s interest in writing came first, years ago, growing up in Compton, California when he began composing simple poems and stories inspired by the books he read. His awards include a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration (2010) for his photographs accompanying the Langston Hughes poem, My People and a Coretta Scott King Honor Author Award (2008) for his biography on Muhammad Ali, Twelve Rounds to Glory. is an award-winning author, photographer, and poet with over thirty books to his credit.
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