The Coretta Scott King Awards

The Coretta Scott King Awards PDF Author: Carole J. McCollough
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN: 9780838918692
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards, this invaluable guide celebrates the legacy of these prestigious honors, which have enlarged the prominence of literature for children and youth about the Black experience.

The Coretta Scott King Awards

The Coretta Scott King Awards PDF Author: Carole J. McCollough
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN: 9780838918692
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards, this invaluable guide celebrates the legacy of these prestigious honors, which have enlarged the prominence of literature for children and youth about the Black experience.

In Plain Sight

In Plain Sight PDF Author: Richard Jackson
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626729433
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Sophie lives with Mama and Daddy and Grandpa, who spends his days by the window. Every day after school, it's Grandpa whom Sophie runs to. "Here I am, Grandpa!" "Ah, Sophie, how was your day?" As Sophie and her grandpa talk, he asks her to find items he's "lost" throughout the day, guiding Sophie on a tour through his daily life and connecting their generations in this sweet, playful picture book from Richard Jackson, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Jerry Pinkney.

Slam!

Slam! PDF Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590486682
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Sixtee-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.

Cornrows

Cornrows PDF Author: Camille Yarbrough
Publisher: Paw Prints
ISBN: 9781442057913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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As Mama and Great-Grammaw skillfully weave and braid their children's hair into the intricate cornrow patterns of Africa, they retell fascinating tales of ancestral life in Africa and praise contemporary African American activists

The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-1999

The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-1999 PDF Author: Henrietta M. Smith
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 9780838934968
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Provides annotations of the winning and honor books, biographies of prominent African American authors and illustrators, and interviews with Jerry Pinkney and author Walter Dean Myers.

Martin Luther King, Jr

Martin Luther King, Jr PDF Author: Lillie Patterson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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A biography of the minister, orator, and crusader for equal civil rights who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Beautiful Blackbird

Beautiful Blackbird PDF Author: Ashley Bryan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665960272
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19

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With vibrant cut-paper collages, a Coretta Scott King Award-winner presents an adaptation of a folktale from Zimbabwe that celebrates the importance of appreciating one's own inner beauty. Full color.

The Life I'm In

The Life I'm In PDF Author: Sharon G. Flake
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338573195
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In, Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human trafficking. My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block wondering why I can't find my old self.In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char.Now in Sharon Flake's latest and unflinching novel, The Life I'm In, we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char boards a bus to nowhere where she is lured into the dangerous web of human trafficking. Much is revealed behind the complex system of men who take advantage of vulnerable teens in the underbelly of society. While Char might be frightened, she remains strong and determined to bring herself and her fellow victims out of the dark and back into the light, reminding us why compassion is a powerful cure to the ills of the world.Sharon Flake's bestselling, Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel The Skin I'm In was a game changer when it was first published more than twenty years ago. It redefined young adult literature by presenting characters, voices, and real-world experiences that had not been fully seen. Now Flake offers readers another timely and radical story of a girl on the brink and how her choices will lead her to either fall, or fly.

Soul Food Sunday

Soul Food Sunday PDF Author: Winsome Bingham
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647000424
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table ​A 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny’s for Soul Food. But today, I don’t go to the backyard or the great room. I follow Granny instead. “You’re a big boy now,” Granny says. “Time for you to learn.” At Granny’s, Sunday isn’t Sunday without a big family gathering over a lovingly prepared meal. Old enough now, our narrator is finally invited to help cook the dishes for the first time: He joins Granny in grating the cheese, cleaning the greens, and priming the meat for Roscoe Ray’s grill. But just when Granny says they’re finished, her grandson makes his own contribution, sweetening this Sunday gathering—and the many more to come. Evocatively written and vividly illustrated, this mouthwatering story is a warm celebration of tradition and coming together at a table filled with love and delicious food.

Copper Sun

Copper Sun PDF Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439115117
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) In this “searing work of historical fiction” (Booklist), Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Sharon M. Draper tells the epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known—except hope. Amari's life was once perfect. Engaged to the handsomest man in her tribe, adored by her family, and fortunate enough to live in a beautiful village, it never occurred to her that it could all be taken away in an instant. But that was what happened when her village was invaded by slave traders. Her family was brutally murdered as she was dragged away to a slave ship and sent to be sold in the Carolinas. There she was bought by a plantation owner and given to his son as a "birthday present". Now, survival is all Amari can dream about. As she struggles to hold on to her memories, she also begins to learn English and make friends with a white indentured servant named Molly. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, Amari and Molly seize it, fleeing South to the Spanish colony in Florida at Fort Mose. Along the way, their strength is tested like never before as they struggle against hunger, cold, wild animals, hurricanes, and people eager to turn them in for reward money. The hope of a new life is all that keeps them going, but Florida feels so far away and sometimes Amari wonders how far hopes and dreams can really take her.