Tayari's Blog: Children's Book Awards Announced

Posted by TayariJones on January 23, 2006 08:44 PM
Filed under Bookshelf

Although it seems that the mainstream publishing awards are bound by the one-Negro-at-a-time rule when choosing honorees, the American Library Association has honored many African American writers and illustrators in today's Caldecott and Newberry Awards cermony.

Congratulations to Nikki Giovanni and illustrator Byran Collier for Rosa, which is a Caldecott Honor Book and to Jacqueline Woodson and illistrator Hudson Talbott for Show Way, which was designated as a Newberry Honor Book.

The Alex Awards honor adult books that have appeal for teenage readers. Brava to Kalisha Buckhanon for Upstate and Nancy Rawles for My Jim.

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