Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Abstract: From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.







Publisher: Philomel, 1 v. (unpaged)

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

Abstract: "This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.





Publisher: Little, Brown

Sweet, Hereafter by Angela Johnson

Abstract: Sweet leaves her family and goes to live in a cabin in the woods with the quiet but understanding Curtis, to whom she feels intensely connected, just as he is called back to serve again in Iraq.









Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 118 p.

The 2010 Real Awards Announcement from Boston

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Charles R. Smith Jr., for “My People”

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor: E.B. Lewis for "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

Coretta Scott King Author Award: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, author of “Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal”

Coretta Scott King Author Honor: Tanita D. Davis, author of "Mare's War"

Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Acheivement: Walter Dean Myers

Coretta Scott King Steptoe for New Talent: Kekla Magoon, author of “The Rock and the River”

2010 ACPL Mock Coretta Scott King Book Awards go to...

The Mock Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award winner:
The Negro Speaks of Rivers illustrated by E.B. Lewis, written by Langston Hughes

Illustrator Award honors:
My People illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr., written by Langston Hughes
Sweethearts of Rhythm illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, written by Marilyn Nelson

The Mock Coretta Scott King Book Author Award winner:
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

Author Award honors:
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Shooting Star by Fredrick McKissack Jr.

Looking forward to Sunday

I'm excited about Sunday afternoon! From 1 to 2 p.m. we'll have a conversation about the Coretta Scott King Book Award with author Fredrick McKissack Jr. who will share his perspective. Mr. McKissack along with his mother, Patricia McKissack, received a 1995 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award for their book, Black Diamond: Story of the Negro Baseball League. His book, Shooting Star, is one of the titles to be discussed at our first ACPL Mock CSK Book Award Discussion and Election, which follows the conversation, and will take place from 2:15 to 5:00 p.m.

The Allen County Public Main Library is located in downtown Fort Wayne, IN. I hope to see you there.

The Short List

Participants are asked to read at least five of the following books. If one that you would like to discuss is not listed, please include it in the comment section of this post. Thanks!

Amiri & Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers, illustrations by Javaka Steptoe

Bad News for Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrations by R. Gregory Christie

Black Angels by Linda Beatrice Brown

Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia

Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers, illustrations by Christopher Myers

Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis

My People by Langston Hughes, photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.

The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes, illustrations by E. B. Lewis

Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

Rich by Nikki Grimes, illustrations by R. Gregory Christie

Riot by Walter Dean Myers

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden, illustrations by Don Tate

Shooting Star by Fredrick McKissack Jr.

Sweethearts of Rhythm by Marilyn Nelson, illustrations by Jerry Pinkney

Testing the Ice by Sharon Robinson, illustrations by Kadir Nelson

We Troubled the Waters by Ntozake Shange, illustrations by Rod Brown