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Teaching Harriet
Kasi Lemmons’s biographical movie Harriet was a box office sensation in 2019. There has been both outcry and support for the film with some viewers homing in on points of historical accuracy as well...
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Jason Reynolds Inducted as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
CSK Award-winning author Jason Reynolds was recently named the Library of Congress’ 2020-2021 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Not only will Mr. Reynolds be showcasing his works but...
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Continuing to Celebrate and Use Coretta Scott King Book Awards Titles After...
Image credit: Lauren Kratz At the end of 2019, I went to see the Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards exhibit at the Los Angeles Public Library. I invited my friend and...
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CSK By the Numbers
As the Coretta Scott King Book Awards enter the second half of their first century, the John Steptoe Award for New Talent is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, and the Virginia Hamilton Award...
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Ten Years of Celebrating the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement...
As we celebrate the tenth-anniversary of the Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement and the authors, illustrators, and practitioners who have received it, it is also important to reflect on...
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LAPL Children’s Book Club Chats with 2020 Coretta Scott King Author Award...
“…I started writing my own comics because, I guess, I wanted to see characters who looked like me. Then slowly but surely, I realized that in order to draw these stories, I had to write them myself.”...
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John Steptoe Award for New Talent: 1995-2000 in Review
In 1970, the first Coretta Scott King Book Award was given. Significantly, the award’s namesake, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stressed the critical importance of...
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A Shared Vision: 2020 CSK, Newbery & Caldecott Award Winners
For over five decades, the Coretta Scott King Book Award has provided a platform for showcasing the talents of numerous authors and illustrators. Historically speaking, the CSK Award has recognized...
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Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, Years 2016-2017
Image credit: Kirkus Reviews Recognizing the importance of inspirational images and stories for children, the annual Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement is presented in even-numbered...
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African American Storytelling and Traditions with Carole Boston Weatherford
Image Credit: Delandrus Seales Nearly one year ago, Coretta Scott King Book Award Honoree and three-time Caldecott Honoree, Carole Boston Weatherford, traveled to Wilmington, NC, a coastal town, with...
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