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Have you ever wondered why we choose the words we use? Sometimes children have a better understanding of words than adults. Suit Shoes is the story of a child's journey with language and how grown-ups just don't get it. A perfect bedtime storybook and pre-K through 3rd grade classic.
Quanica A. McClendon - AUTHOR
Seeking to fill a void in children's picture books, McClendon wrote Suit Shoes based on conversations she had with her son, Tristin.
Quanica A. McClendon is a Senior Engineer at Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. She has earned an MBA in Management and Administrative Studies (2005) - Indiana University, BS degrees in Organization Management (2003) and Elementary Education (2010) - Calumet College of St. Joseph, and an AS degree in Computer Information Systems (1988) - DeVry Institute of Technology.
Scholastic achievements included being Valedictorian of the Calumet College of St. Joseph Class of 2010, recipient of the 2010 Outstanding Future Educator Award, and the Academic Excellence Award in Organization Management. She is a lifetime member of the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma.
Quanica has persevered through many health challenges and continues to reach for her dreams. She is very active in the church, and a true agent for change. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, walking, watching professional football, and playing Scrabble. Quanica is also a licensed real estate broker, wife, and mother of two children.
Nathaniel Mary Quinn - ILLUSTRATOR
After graduating from NYU in 2002, Quinn continued to live in Brooklyn, where he continued to paint while teaching disadvantaged kids through Exalt youth program. In 2004, Quinn and author, Quanica A. McClendon, published a children's book called "Suit Shoes." Quinn used oil and canvas for the illustrations.
In 2013, he made his first major hit painting Charles. It was the first he made with his distinct collage-inspired style. It caught the attention of the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn, who showed it in the museum’s window.
In 2014 he held his first solo show at Pace Gallery in London.
His work is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum, the Hammer Museum, the MOCA and the Art Institute in Chicago.
Quinn is represented by Gagosian.
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