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If anyone had told me when I was growing up in South Africa that I would be living in Chicago one day and writing about multiculturalism in children’s books, I would have thought they were crazy. I thought my place was really off the map; nothing could happen there that...
Let Us Celebrate the Children
Photo by Constance MyersI am a writer; I am a reader; I am a thinker; and I am a listener. Sometimes I hear things that disturb me. I hear now a whisper that is on the wind, and it says, "Despair the children." Voices rustling like dry leaves spread rumors...
The Friendship: Author Mildred D. Taylor's 1988 BGHB Fiction Award Speech
by Mildred TaylorI am pleased and honored to accept the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for The Friendship (Dial). It is an honor for me, and it is an honor to the memory of my father, for The Friendship is drawn from one of the many stories that he told me....
Profile of 1977 Newbery Medal winner Mildred D. Taylor
by Phyllis J. Fogelman"A natural writer" is an overused expression I don't particularly like, but in speaking of Mildred Taylor it seems absolutely appropriate. Mildred's words flow smoothly, effortlessly, it seems, and they abound in richness, harmony, and rhythm. Her stories unfold in a full, leisurely way, well suited to...
The Lonesome Boy Theme
by Arna Bontemps Arna Bontemps at the East Winston Branch, Winston-Salem Public Library, in 1956. Photo: East Winston Branch Archive, Forsyth County Library.In the eighteenth century, I have been told, there was a popular saying to the effect that nobody would ever have fallen in love if he had not...
Review of The Snowy Day
EZRA JACK KEATS, Author-IllustratorThe Snowy Day (Viking)In this mood book, never static but sparkling with atmosphere in lovely water-color pictures, a small boy experiences the joys of a snowy day. The brief, vividly expressed text points out his new awareness of the sight and texture of snow (the crunch, crunch...
Arna Bontemps Letter to Bertha E. Mahony (February 26, 1938)
Chicago, Illinois26 February ’38Miss Bertha E. MahonyThe Horn BookBostonDear Miss Mahony:Thanks very much for your pleasant note.I'll be glad to write something for The Horn Book. So if you will send the copies you mentioned of back issues, I'll do my best to suggest something suitable. Some ideas come immediately...
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