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Happy anniversary, CSK!
As you know (and if you don't, you must be new here 😉), the Coretta Scott King Book Awards celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, and the Horn Book's annual special issue is themed around that anniversary.
As you know (and if you don't, you must be new here 😉), the Coretta Scott King Book Awards celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, and the Horn Book's annual special issue is themed around that anniversary. We are honored to have a roster of more than thirty African American authors, illustrators, scholars, and other luminaries as contributors of essays (and art) on the awards' origins, history, personal significance, and promise for the future.The CSK 50th anniversary gala and yearly awards breakfast will be held at ALA Annual in June, and between now and then we'll be highlighting pieces from this very special issue as well as from our archives. Here's a cheat sheet to everything available thus far; much more to come.
- May/June 2019 Special Issue: The CSK Book Awards at 50 Table of Contents
- gorgeous original cover art by Kadir Nelson
- Editorial: “Behold the Gold!” by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop & Andrea Davis Pinkney
- “CSK: 50 Years Strong” by Dr. Claudette S. McLinn
- “Let Our Rejoicing Rise” by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop
- Lift Every Voice: "From One Book to Many" by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Lift Every Voice: "A Matter of Choice" by Shadra Strickland
- Lift Every Voice: "Walking My Own Path" by Renée Watson
- Lift Every Voice: "The Greatest Review I’ll Ever Get" by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Lift Every Voice: "Words and Music" by Eloise Greenfield
- Lift Every Voice: "My Own Origin Story" by Javaka Steptoe
- CSK by the Numbers compiled by Nick Glass: Most Book Award Recognitions; The Author Award; The Illustrator Award
For more, click on the tag CSK Awards; see also our booklists about the lives and legacies of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.
Single copies of this special issue are available for $15.00 including postage and may be ordered from:
Kristy South
Administrative Coordinator, The Horn Book
Phone 888-282-5852 | Fax 614-733-7269
ksouth@juniorlibraryguild.com
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