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Friday, June 12, 2009

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009

  • School Library Journal Ad (pdf) - May 2009 (5.125" x 5.5")

    school library journal ad
  • ALA Mourns Mabel R. McKissick
  • Coretta Scott King Book Awards on ccbc.net


    The
    ccbc.net@ccbc.education.wisc.edu discussion board is focusing on the Coretta Scott King Book Awards recipients for this year. Now is a great time to help spread the word about the Coretta Scott King Book Awards titles and the 40th Anniversary. Please take advantage of this opporturnity to call attention to these award winners.

  • WBAI - Off The Page, Friday, March 20, 2009 11:00 am broadcast


    Host Esther Armah explores with studio guests the legacy of racism with Black British author, Bernadine Evaristo and her book 'Blonde Roots,' with its twist on the transatlantic slave trade; also in the show a debate on how healthy is the Young Teen and Adult market in this troubled economic times, and how does the Coretta Scott King Book Awards feed the market as it celebrates its 40th year this year.


    Visit the WBAI archive at
    http://archive.wbai.org to listen or download the program.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

  • New London - Mabel R. McKissick, 87, of 201 Hempstead St., a prominent member of New London community and retired librarian of New London High School, passed away peacefully Friday, March 20, 2009, at the Bridebrook Rehabilitation in Niantic.

    Mrs. McKissick was co-founder of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and an OLOS tribute page is in progress. For more information about the history of the awards, visit our
    About page. If you would like to share stories and memories, please send them to
    cskbookawards@ala.org.

    Mabel R. McKissick Obituary

Friday, March 20, 2009

Friday, March 6, 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009

  • Photo:
    Motivating young readers


    "First Lady Michelle Obama talks to second grade students as she and her husband, President Barack Obama, get ready to read to a class at Capital City Public Charter School in Washington." Can you see the book she is sharing? (hint: it's one of the 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Awards recipients!)
  • ALA Youth Media Awards Webcast
  • I Never Knew... Fall 2008


    A Newsletter Highlighting African American Children's Literature


    Featuring Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient Ashley Bryan

Friday, February 20, 2009

Friday, February 13, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Monday, January 26, 2009

Announcing the 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients

Kadir Nelson, Floyd Cooper win 2009 Coretta Scott King Awards

Author Award


we are the ship



Kadir Nelson


We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball


published by Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group

Author Honor Books


keeping the night watch



Hope Anita Smith


Keeping the Night Watch


published by Henry Holt and Company


the blacker the berry



Joyce Carol Thomas


The Blacker the Berry


published by Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers


becoming billie holiday



Carole Boston Weatherford


Becoming Billie Holiday


published by Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc

Illustrator Award


the blacker the berry



Floyd Cooper


The Blacker the Berry


published by Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Illustrator Honor Books


we are the ship



Kadir Nelson


We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball


published by Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group


the moon over star



Jerry Pinkney


The Moon Over Star


published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group


before john was a jazz giant



Sean Qualls


Before John Was a Jazz Giant


published by Henry Holt and Company

John Steptoe New Talent Award - Illustrator


bird



Shadra Strickland


Bird


published by Lee & Low Books


Past winners and
more ALA Youth Media Awards