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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:15:17 -0600
Last night (January 7) the CCBC held its annual Coretta Scott King Author Award Discussion. Almost 25 people participated, many of them librarians and teachers from Madison area schools. Participants chose a winner and two honor books:
CCBC Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl written by Joyce Hansen
(Scholastic).
Honor Books: 1) Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown written by Clinton Cox (Scholastic), 2) Harlem: A Poem written by Walter Dean Myers; illustrated by Christopher Myers (Scholastic).
We discussed eight other books as part of our CSK Author Award Discussion. They were: 1) Don't Split the Pole: Tales of Down-Home Folk Wisdom written by Eleanora E. Tate; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu (Delacorte); 2) Follow in Their Footsteps: Biographies of Ten Outstanding African Americans with Skits about Each One to Act Out written by Glennette Tilley Turner (Cobblehill/Dutton); 3) For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me written by Eloise Greenfield; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist (HarperCollins); 4) It's Raining Laughter written by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by Myles Pinkney (Dial); 5) Ma Dear's Aprons written by Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Atheneum); 6) Run Away Home written by Patricia C. McKissack (Scholastic); 7) Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Rose written by Sharon Bell Mathis (Browndeer/Harcourt Brace); and 8) A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa retold by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Barry Moser (Blue Sky/Scholastic).
The announcement of this and other ALA Children's Literature Award winners will be made this Monday, January 12, at the ALA Midwinter meeting in New Orleans, and we will post a message on CCBC-Net announcing these books as soon as we have the information compiled. We will spend the rest of Januaray on CCBC-Net discussing the winners and honor books announced. We look forward to hearing from you! In the meantime, please continue to share your thoughts on 1997 books you especially enjoyed.
Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison
Received on Thu 08 Jan 1998 01:15:17 PM CST
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:15:17 -0600
Last night (January 7) the CCBC held its annual Coretta Scott King Author Award Discussion. Almost 25 people participated, many of them librarians and teachers from Madison area schools. Participants chose a winner and two honor books:
CCBC Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl written by Joyce Hansen
(Scholastic).
Honor Books: 1) Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown written by Clinton Cox (Scholastic), 2) Harlem: A Poem written by Walter Dean Myers; illustrated by Christopher Myers (Scholastic).
We discussed eight other books as part of our CSK Author Award Discussion. They were: 1) Don't Split the Pole: Tales of Down-Home Folk Wisdom written by Eleanora E. Tate; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu (Delacorte); 2) Follow in Their Footsteps: Biographies of Ten Outstanding African Americans with Skits about Each One to Act Out written by Glennette Tilley Turner (Cobblehill/Dutton); 3) For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me written by Eloise Greenfield; illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist (HarperCollins); 4) It's Raining Laughter written by Nikki Grimes; illustrated by Myles Pinkney (Dial); 5) Ma Dear's Aprons written by Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Atheneum); 6) Run Away Home written by Patricia C. McKissack (Scholastic); 7) Running Girl: The Diary of Ebonee Rose written by Sharon Bell Mathis (Browndeer/Harcourt Brace); and 8) A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa retold by Virginia Hamilton; illustrated by Barry Moser (Blue Sky/Scholastic).
The announcement of this and other ALA Children's Literature Award winners will be made this Monday, January 12, at the ALA Midwinter meeting in New Orleans, and we will post a message on CCBC-Net announcing these books as soon as we have the information compiled. We will spend the rest of Januaray on CCBC-Net discussing the winners and honor books announced. We look forward to hearing from you! In the meantime, please continue to share your thoughts on 1997 books you especially enjoyed.
Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison
Received on Thu 08 Jan 1998 01:15:17 PM CST
