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Lift Every Voice: Side B
When I was eight years old — you might say octave age — in 1971, I was a DJ playing a record, a single 45, in my bedroom. The song on vinyl I would play was side B of Michael Jackson’s “Got to Be There” — “Maria (You Were the...
Lift Every Voice: Thank You, Gusty
Funny thing is, I have never before shared this experience with anyone. It is most likely the event that had the most impact on the direction of my life. When I was young, my imagination was voracious. In the corner of one of the three rooms of our house (the...
Reviews of 2019 Mind the Gap Award winners
Not all deserving books bring home ALA awards. Our annual Mind the Gap Awards pay tribute to our favorite books that didn’t win. Here’s how we reviewed our 2019 winners. A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes; illus. by the author Preschool Greenwillow 40 pp. g 9/18 978-0-06-266827-1 $18.99...
What the CSK Means to Me
I’m not a children’s librarian. I don’t even work in the children’s book field. But as an African American, an academic librarian, and a library and information science (LIS) administrator/educator, I have always known the importance of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. I began my professional career just about...
Lift Every Voice: My Grandparents' House
As a child, I loved to visit my grandparents. Their home was very different from ours. My grandmother had purchased it late in life with her own money, she would proudly say. In the house were cherry-wood end tables with scalloped edges and leather insets, beautiful ornate ceramic peacocks that...
Lift Every Voice: History and Stories
In addition to this year being the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, it is also fifty years since I graduated from high school. My foundational education provided very few opportunities to read books by African American writers, either for school or pleasure. Interestingly,...
Lift Every Voice: In the Presence of Royalty
My heart was racing like Secretariat, even though I had practiced my acceptance speech, as I nervously approached the podium. They had called my name to receive the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for my work on The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth. The CSK Breakfast...
Lift Every Voice: History Comes Alive
It was an adult book — The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley — that inspired me to try my hand at writing historical fiction for children. I’ll never forget the author’s harrowing description of one of the characters fleeing a pack of slave hunters. I have always been a history...
Review of Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner
Our Flag Was Still There: The True Story of Mary Pickersgill and the Star-Spangled Banner by Jessie Hartland; illus. by the author Primary Wiseman/Simon 48 pp. 5/19 978-1-5344-0233-1 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0234-8 $10.99 Today the original star-spangled banner is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in...
Week in Review, June 24th - 28th
This week on hbook.com... From the July/August 2019 Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards: Children’s Literature Legacy Award acceptance by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers Newbery Medal acceptance by Meg Medina and profile by R. J. Palacio Caldecott Medal acceptance by Sophie Blackall and profile by...