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Just Us Books, a publishing house focused on African American children and young adult books, is founded by Wade and Cheryl Hudson. 1991. Tom Low and Philip Lee co-found Lee & Low Books, a multicultural children's book publisher in the United States. 1992. The African American Children's Book Fair started in Philadelphia by Vanesse Lloyd ...
Otto: The Autobiography of a Teddy Bear is a 1999 children's book written and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer, originally published in German. [1] The book discusses the Holocaust and its aftermath in a profound manner [ 2 ] as witnessed by the teddy bear .
The series expanded in 1953 to include world history as a sub-series called World Landmark Books, and a second sub-series of larger-format books illustrated with color artwork or black and white photographs was introduced in the 1960s as Landmark Giant, which would continue releasing new titles beyond the end of the main series until 1974 ...
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is separated by reading level, [5] and each title includes summaries with information on the author as well; [6] each picture book title is accompanied by colourful illustrations. [1] Some of the genres included are fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and others. [7]
Andrew Elborn Clements (May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019) was an American author of children's literature.His debut novel Frindle won an award determined by the vote of U.S. schoolchildren in about 20 different U.S. states.
Angelou's autobiographies are distinct in style and narration, and "stretch over time and place", [2] from Arkansas to Africa and back to the US. They take place from the beginnings of World War II to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. [2] Angelou wrote collections of essays, including Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993) and Even the Stars Look Lonesome (1997), which ...
After Earle's death in 1949, she had a long friendship with the actor Denys Blakelock, who wrote of it in the book Eleanor, Portrait of a Farjeon (1966). During the 1950s, she received three major literary awards. Both the 1955 Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the inaugural Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1956 cited The Little ...
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature.He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem, New York City.