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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:07:06 -0600
I know the Sibert Discussion has just recently taken off, but we do want to stick as close to our original discussion schedule as possible, and so it is time to turn our attention to the 2006 Coretta Scott King Awards.:
CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2005
Honor Books
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden. Abrams, 2005
Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2005
A Wreath for Emmett Till written by Marilyn Nelson. Illustrated by Philippe Lardy. Houghton Mifflin, 2005
CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARD
Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier. Written by Nikki Giovanni. Henry Holt, 2005
Honor Book
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Written by Mary Williams. Lee & Low, 2005
CORETTA SCOTT KING JOHN STEPTOE/NEW TALENT AWARD
Jimi & Me written by Jaime Adoff. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2005
The CSK awards are administered through the American Library Association Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table
(EMIERT). The CSK web site states that "the award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. "
More information on the awards are available at
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/corettascott.htm
I'll start by saying that "A Wreath for Emmett Till" was one of the earlier books I read in 2005, and continues to be one of the titles from last year that I can't forget--lines from Marilyn Nelson's heroic crown of sonnets have stayed with me, and like the tree from which Emmet was hung, I say, "Emmet Till's name still catches in my throat." I alwasy want to share this book with teachers and librarians when I speak, and I always want to read one of the poems, but find my own voice catching each time I do, because her imagery is so powerful and affecting.
And as for Julius Lester's "Day of Tears," I can still see the series of scenes in which the realization at first dawns, and then comes crashing down-- that a beloved daughter is going to be sold away from her parents--part of the largest slave auction in U.S. history, and all to pay off a white man's gambling debts.
I found these books to be two striking literary achievements.
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608-262-9503 fax: 608-262-4933
schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Thu 16 Mar 2006 09:07:06 AM CST
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:07:06 -0600
I know the Sibert Discussion has just recently taken off, but we do want to stick as close to our original discussion schedule as possible, and so it is time to turn our attention to the 2006 Coretta Scott King Awards.:
CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2005
Honor Books
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden. Abrams, 2005
Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2005
A Wreath for Emmett Till written by Marilyn Nelson. Illustrated by Philippe Lardy. Houghton Mifflin, 2005
CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARD
Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier. Written by Nikki Giovanni. Henry Holt, 2005
Honor Book
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Written by Mary Williams. Lee & Low, 2005
CORETTA SCOTT KING JOHN STEPTOE/NEW TALENT AWARD
Jimi & Me written by Jaime Adoff. Jump at the Sun / Hyperion, 2005
The CSK awards are administered through the American Library Association Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table
(EMIERT). The CSK web site states that "the award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. "
More information on the awards are available at
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/corettascott.htm
I'll start by saying that "A Wreath for Emmett Till" was one of the earlier books I read in 2005, and continues to be one of the titles from last year that I can't forget--lines from Marilyn Nelson's heroic crown of sonnets have stayed with me, and like the tree from which Emmet was hung, I say, "Emmet Till's name still catches in my throat." I alwasy want to share this book with teachers and librarians when I speak, and I always want to read one of the poems, but find my own voice catching each time I do, because her imagery is so powerful and affecting.
And as for Julius Lester's "Day of Tears," I can still see the series of scenes in which the realization at first dawns, and then comes crashing down-- that a beloved daughter is going to be sold away from her parents--part of the largest slave auction in U.S. history, and all to pay off a white man's gambling debts.
I found these books to be two striking literary achievements.
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608-262-9503 fax: 608-262-4933
schliesman at education.wisc.edu www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Thu 16 Mar 2006 09:07:06 AM CST
