From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 15:26:00 -600

The outcomes of the CCBC Coretta Scott Book Award Discussion: Illustration were not as conclusive as those for the CCBC CSK Writing Discussion. (See my previous message, also posted on 12/18) After one ballot was taken, four books - each quite different from the other - were cited for a variety of reasons. The participants appreciated many other books, too. Because we did not have adequate time to resolve the lack of a conclusive majority, the outcomes are less convincing than those for the CCBC CSK: Writing Discussion. But these outcomes do represent certain aspects of the evening's discussion. One other thing: the CCBC discussion lists were developed before we had a chance to see most of the eligible books of 1995.

The Winner: On the Day I Was Born illustrated by Melodye Rosales and
               written by Debbi Chocolate (Scholastic) Honor Books: A. Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing illustrated by Jan Spivey
               Gilchist and written by James Weldon Johnson
               (Scholastic)
             B. Pulling the Lion's Tale illustrated by Floyd Cooper
                and written by Jane Kurtz (Simon & Schuster)
             C. Down the Road illustrated by E. B. Lewis and written
                by Alice Schertle. (Browndeer / Harcourt Brace) Other books discussed that evening were:
- Celie and the Harvest Fiddler illustrated by James E. Ransome and written by Vanessa & Valerie Flournoy (Tambourine)
- Darkness illustrated by Marcia Jameson and written by Mildred Pitts Walter (Simon & Schuster)
- The Freedom Riddle illustrated by John Ward and retold by Angela Shelf Medearis (Lodestar)
- The Faithful Friend illustrated by Brian Pinkney and retold by Robert D. San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
- Gingerbread Days illustrated by Floyd Cooper and written by Joyce Carol Thomas (HarperCollins)
- JoJo's Flying Sidekick written and illustrated by Brian Pinkney
(Simon & Schuster)
- Papa Tells Chita a Story illustrated by Floyd Cooper and written by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard (Simon & Schuster)
- Tanya's Reunion illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and written by Valerie Flournoy (Dial)
- Treeomonisha illustrated by Michael Bryant and written from the Scott Joplin opera by Angela Shelf Medearis (Henry Holt)
- What a Wonderful World illustrated by Ashley Bryan for lyrics by George David Weiss and Bob Thiele.
* Just in case you did not read or get to the end of the previous message, basic eligibility for this award requires that illustrator is African-American. For other information about this important award, please see: The Coretta Scott King Awards Book; From Vision to Reality edited by Henrietta M. Smith (ALA, 1994). The actual award will be selected by a jury appointed by the chair of the Coretta Scott King Awards Task Force and it will be announced on January 22 at the ALSC/ALA Press Conference in San Antonio. We'll post the results of this and other ALA award outcomes on CCBC-NET that day. Cheers, Ginny
********************************************************************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison FAX: 608&2?03
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