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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:30:49 -0600
Just a reminder that the open announcement period on CCBC-Net is over and we've begun our March discussion, beginning with the Coretta Scott King Award winners and honor books.
We've heard great appreciation for Ashley Bryan as a speaker, artist, storyteller, and more, and for "Beautiful Blackbird," his 2004 Coretta Scott King award-winning book. Please continue sharing your responses to the beautiful "Beautiful Blackbird."
And because we have so little time to get through so many books, let's also look at other titles recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award Committee, which are listed below.
2004 Coretta Scott King Author Award: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Books:
Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia C.
McKissack and Fredrick McKissack. Scholastic Press, 2003
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. Putnam, 2003
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper. Atheneum, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Beautiful Blackbird illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan. Atheneum, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor Books:
Almost to Freedom illustrated by Colin Bootman. Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Carolrhoda, 2003
Thunder Rose illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Written by Jerdine Nolen. Silver Whistle / Harcourt, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe/New Talent Author Award: The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Henry Holt, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe/New Talent Illustrator Award: My Family Plays Music illustrated by Elbrite Brown. Written by Judy Cox. Holiday House, 2003
I was particulary happy to see both Elbrite Brown, illustrator of My Family Plays Music, and Hope Anita Smith, author of The Way a Door Closes, given John Steptoe New Talent Awards. These were two books that
captured my attention this year and I'm eager to see more work by both of these new creators on the children's book scene. I thought Brown conveyed joy and enthusiasm in his images to accompany the text, giving a distinctly African American context to the story, and filling in wonderful details between the lines of Judy Cox's fine text. Smith's debut, another example of the story/novel in poems trend, offers a moving look at a teenage boy's view of his family through both good times and bad. "Trust me,/ I can tell a lot by the way a door closes," CJ says when his dad leaves after losing his job. That line, from which the title is taken, has always stayed with me, just like one senses the sound of that closing door haunts CJ.
Megan
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Wed 03 Mar 2004 09:30:49 AM CST
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 09:30:49 -0600
Just a reminder that the open announcement period on CCBC-Net is over and we've begun our March discussion, beginning with the Coretta Scott King Award winners and honor books.
We've heard great appreciation for Ashley Bryan as a speaker, artist, storyteller, and more, and for "Beautiful Blackbird," his 2004 Coretta Scott King award-winning book. Please continue sharing your responses to the beautiful "Beautiful Blackbird."
And because we have so little time to get through so many books, let's also look at other titles recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award Committee, which are listed below.
2004 Coretta Scott King Author Award: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Books:
Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia C.
McKissack and Fredrick McKissack. Scholastic Press, 2003
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. Putnam, 2003
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper. Atheneum, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Beautiful Blackbird illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan. Atheneum, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor Books:
Almost to Freedom illustrated by Colin Bootman. Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Carolrhoda, 2003
Thunder Rose illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Written by Jerdine Nolen. Silver Whistle / Harcourt, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe/New Talent Author Award: The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Henry Holt, 2003
2004 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe/New Talent Illustrator Award: My Family Plays Music illustrated by Elbrite Brown. Written by Judy Cox. Holiday House, 2003
I was particulary happy to see both Elbrite Brown, illustrator of My Family Plays Music, and Hope Anita Smith, author of The Way a Door Closes, given John Steptoe New Talent Awards. These were two books that
captured my attention this year and I'm eager to see more work by both of these new creators on the children's book scene. I thought Brown conveyed joy and enthusiasm in his images to accompany the text, giving a distinctly African American context to the story, and filling in wonderful details between the lines of Judy Cox's fine text. Smith's debut, another example of the story/novel in poems trend, offers a moving look at a teenage boy's view of his family through both good times and bad. "Trust me,/ I can tell a lot by the way a door closes," CJ says when his dad leaves after losing his job. That line, from which the title is taken, has always stayed with me, just like one senses the sound of that closing door haunts CJ.
Megan
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Wed 03 Mar 2004 09:30:49 AM CST
