We may earn a commission from links on this page. “What you do to children matters,” writes Morrison some time into this latest book, God Help the Child. “And they might never forget.” ...

Toni Morrison’s mothering life has long been ... marriage of her own accord and could afford to raise and support her children, as she worked full-time in a demanding field.

Bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney honors her former mentor Toni Morrison in a new children’s picture book, educating the younger generation about the literary legend’s iconic life.

Toni Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ... To earn a living for herself and her two children, Morrison worked as an editor at Random House, encouraging black writers like Gayl Jones and Angela ...

I didn't even notice that. I wasn't thinking that way." Toni Morrison admits she never read to her children when they were little, although it's obvious she's good at it. At 72, she reads the part ...

1. The second of four children, Toni Morrison was born in Ohio on Feb. 18, 1931. She would have been 94 in 2025. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images; Fact: CBC) 3. Morrison's paternal and maternal ...

Toni Morrison — the late author and Nobel laureate whose work focused on Black life and culture — published 11 acclaimed novels, several essay collections, about half a dozen children's books ...

She became Toni Morrison when she married Harold Morrison ... and people of both genders participated in it. We, the children, were encouraged to participate in it at a very early age.” ...

Toni Morrison, the author, essayist and winner of Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, famously encouraged would-be writers to take action. Aug. 6, 2019 They meet as girls at the St. Bonaventure children ...

“Toni Morrison’s prose brings us that kind of ... and the story was that a slave woman had killed her children or tried to kill them all. What struck me was the theme was that she was not ...

The Toni Morrison Forever stamp is sold in panes of ... in 1970 while working full-time as an editor and raising two children. The novel centers on a sexually abused 11-year-old Black girl ...

She also wrote children’s books and essay collections ... the founder and board chair of the Toni Morrison Society, which supports scholarship and community outreach on her work and legacy.