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[10] [11] The grant was established in 2014 and named after children’s book author Walter Dean Myers, an advocate of multicultural children’s books. [11] [10] In 2015, WNDB granted their first recipients (five writers and illustrators) $2,000 each. [11] In 2016, WNDB granted five more writers and illustrators $2,000 each. [12]
The Alma Flor Ada Award was created in 2021 out of the Virtual Center for Bilingual and Bicultural Books for Children and Young Adults (VCB3) at San Diego State University. Each year, the VCB3, recognizes a classic book which has made a significant impression and contribution to the Latino youth community in the United States.
Muñoz Ryan has written over forty books for young people, including picture books, early readers, middle grade, and young adult novels. She has been the author recipient of the NEA 's Human and Civil Rights Award, the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature, and the Ludington Award for her body of work.
Alma Flor Ada (born January 3, 1938) is a Cuban-American author of children's books, poetry, and novels. [1] A Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, she is recognized for her work promoting bilingual and multicultural education in the United States.
The book is used in school classrooms and has been adapted as a play under its original title. Yep and Dragonwings won the Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association in 1995, recognizing the best children's book published twenty years earlier that did not win a major award. [1] It had been a runner-up for the annual Newbery Medal.
Margaret Read MacDonald (born January 21, 1940) is an American storyteller, folklorist, and award-winning children's book author.She has published more than 65 books, of stories and about storytelling, which have been translated into many languages.
Multiple lists, including Adult Books, Adult Books for Young Adults, Books for Youth, Media, Reference Sources, and Booklist's Top of the List. Chosen by editors of Booklist magazine. 2005–present Book Booklist Recommended lists ("Best of ...") Children's Literature Legacy Award (Previously Laura Ingalls Wilder Award)
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks is a young adult novel written by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Alexander Nabaum, and published October 8, 2019 by Atheneum Books. The book is a New York Times best seller, [ 1 ] National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist (2019), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Coretta Scott King Award honor book (2020 ...