From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 10:57:39 -0600

We want to invite the CCBC-NET community to now turn its attention to the Coretta Scott King Award winners and honor books.

The Coretta Scott King Awards honor outstanding writing and illustration by African American book creators. There is both an Author award and an Illustrator award. (For more information about this award, check out the press release announcing this year's winners and honor books at http://www.ala.org/news/v3n11/v3n11d.html)

Coming off of our Newbery discussion, why don't we start by discussing this year's Coretta Scott King Author Award winner and honor books. They are:

Winner: Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper (Atheneum)

Honor Books:

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, A Freed Girl by Joyce Hansen (Scholastic)
  Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement by James Haskins (Hyperion)

Megan Schliesman Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison schliesman at mail.soemadison.wisc.edu
Received on Tue 17 Feb 1998 10:57:39 AM CST