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William Wallace (August 1, 1947 – January 30, 2012) was an American teacher and later an author of children's books. He started writing to quiet down his fourth grade students, who loved his stories and encouraged him to make "real" books.
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Mary White Ovington, a white co-founder of the NAACP, publishes Hazel [3], a novel about a middle-class Black child. 1919. Children's Book Week is established in the United States. [4] Louise Seaman Bechtel is hired by Macmillan as the first children's book editor in the first US department devoted solely to publishing children's books. 1920
The Neighbor Favor. Kristina Forest's heartwarming book centers on Lily Greene, a bookish young woman who dreams of becoming a children’s books editor despite being pigeonholed for years in her ...
Eloise Greenfield (1929–2021), children's book author; Sam Greenlee (1930–2014), novelist, poet, best known as author of The Spook Who Sat by the Door; Bonnie Greer (born 1948), novelist, playwright, critic; Deborah Gregory, author of The Cheetah Girls book series; Dick Gregory (1932–2017) Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933)
Floyd Cooper (January 8, 1956 – July 15, 2021) was an American illustrator of children's books whose art frequently explored the African American experience. [1] He was based in Easton, Pennsylvania, [2] and worked with authors such as Jane Yolen, Nikki Grimes, Eloise Greenfield, Howard Bryant, Joyce Carol Thomas, and Bill Martin Jr, among others. [3]
In 2020, Everything Sad Is Untrue received a Michael L. Printz Award for best book written for teens, [6] and was one of two honorees in the younger readers category for a Walter Dean Myers Award. [7] In 2021, the book received a Christopher Award in the young adult category, [8] and was a finalist for an Audie Award for Young Adult Title. [9]
Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, is leaving downtown Raleigh after threats against the family-owned business, its owner says.. The ...