Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt (born August 9, 1962) is a British illustrator and author of children's books, and was chosen to be the Official Illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Sharratt has illustrated around 250 books, including over 50 books by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson, among them "The Lottie Project", "Little Darlings" and "The Story of Tracy Beaker" which was the most borrowed library book in the UK for the first decade of this century. The books on which they have collaborated have sold more than 40 million copies in the UK and sales of picture books illustrated by Nick
Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues Baseball Museum lists it as a secondary resource in its lesson on Negro Leagues baseball vocabulary. "Black Diamonds" is a 1994 CCBC Choice, a 1994 NCTE Kaleidoscope book, and received a 1997 Coretta Scott King Award author honor. Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues is a 1994 book by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack. It tells the history African-American and Latin American involvement with baseball in the United States. "BookList", in its review of "Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues", wrote "This book goes far beyond