Coretta Scott King Award Books

Author : Claire Gatrell Stephens
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313080180

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Coretta Scott King Award Books by Claire Gatrell Stephens Pdf

Here's a fresh opportunity to learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. The first half of the book presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator winners and honor books. The entire second half of the book is devoted to activities, including some reproducibles, based on select titles. During the past 30 years, the titles recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award have consistently presented excellent writing, storytelling, history, and values. Stephens's book is designed to help educators learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. After giving background about the award and its history, the author presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator award winners and honor books. The second half of the book is devoted to providing activities based on specific titles. Helpful tips and reproducibles make this a classroom-friendly resource.

Author : Carole J. McCollough,Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps
Publisher : ALA Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838918697

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The Coretta Scott King Awards by Carole J. McCollough,Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps Pdf

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King (CSK) Book Awards, this invaluable guide celebrates the legacy of these prestigious honors, which have enlarged the prominence of literature for children and youth about the Black experience.

Author : Lillie Patterson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : African American civil rights workers
ISBN : UOM:39076006964014

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Martin Luther King, Jr by Lillie Patterson Pdf

A biography of the minister, orator, and crusader for equal civil rights who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Author : Kelly Starling Lyons,Chelsea Clinton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593353516

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She Persisted: Coretta Scott King by Kelly Starling Lyons,Chelsea Clinton Pdf

Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds--including Coretta Scott King! In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Kelly Starling Lyons, readers learn about the amazing life of Coretta Scott King--and how she persisted. Coretta Scott King is known for being the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but she was a civil rights activist and leader in her own right! She was a singer and an author too, and her work made a difference for Black Americans and for all women for decades to come. Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton, black-and-white illustrations throughout, and a list of ways that readers can follow in Coretta Scott King's footsteps and make a difference! And don’t miss out on the rest of the books in the She Persisted series, featuring so many more women who persisted, including Oprah Winfrey, Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, and more! Praise for She Persisted: Coretta Scott King: "This book profiles the uplifting voice of an activist worth recognizing in her own right [and] Lyons manages to weave in a healthy amount of emotion into this account . . . A brief but effective account of not-often-taught figure that would nicely complement curriculum units on the Civil Rights Movement." --School Library Journal

Author : Winsome Bingham
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781647000424

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Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham Pdf

Granny teaches her grandson to cook the family meal in this loving celebration of food, traditions, and gathering together at the table ​A 2022 Coretta Scott King Book Award Illustrator Honor Book On Sundays, everyone gathers at Granny’s for Soul Food. But today, I don’t go to the backyard or the great room. I follow Granny instead. “You’re a big boy now,” Granny says. “Time for you to learn.” At Granny’s, Sunday isn’t Sunday without a big family gathering over a lovingly prepared meal. Old enough now, our narrator is finally invited to help cook the dishes for the first time: He joins Granny in grating the cheese, cleaning the greens, and priming the meat for Roscoe Ray’s grill. But just when Granny says they’re finished, her grandson makes his own contribution, sweetening this Sunday gathering—and the many more to come. Evocatively written and vividly illustrated, this mouthwatering story is a warm celebration of tradition and coming together at a table filled with love and delicious food.

Author : Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781467737579

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Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Pdf

Lindy and her doll Sally are best friends - wherever Lindy goes, Sally stays right by her side. They eat together, sleep together, and even pick cotton together. So, on the night Lindy and her mama run away in search of freedom, Sally goes too. This young girl's rag doll vividly narrates her enslaved family's courageous escape through the Underground Railroad. At once heart-wrenching and uplifting, this story about friendship and the strength of the human spirit will touch the lives of all readers long after the journey has ended.

Author : Claire Hartfield
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780544785137

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A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield Pdf

On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally floating close to the "white" beach. An angry white man began throwing stones at the boys, striking and killing one. Racial conflict on the beach erupted into days of urban violence that shook the city of Chicago to its foundations. This mesmerizing narrative draws on contemporary accounts as it traces the roots of the explosion that had been building for decades in race relations, politics, business, and clashes of culture. Archival photos and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.

Author : Doreen Rappaport
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781630831301

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Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport Pdf

Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.

Author : Ashley Bryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781665960274

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Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan Pdf

With vibrant cut-paper collages, a Coretta Scott King Award-winner presents an adaptation of a folktale from Zimbabwe that celebrates the importance of appreciating one's own inner beauty. Full color.

Author : Andrea Pinkney
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781423183037

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Hand in Hand by Andrea Pinkney Pdf

In this New York Times Notable Children's Book and winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, follow the life stories of ten Black men in American history and the legacies they left that forever changed the country. Hand in Hand presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narratives offering the subjects' childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the "freedom chain." This book will be the definitive family volume on the subject, punctuated with dynamic full color portraits and spot illustrations by two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient Brian Pinkney. Backmatter includes a civil rights timeline, sources, and further reading. Profiled: Benjamin Banneker Frederick Douglass Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois A. Philip Randolph Thurgood Marshall Jackie Robinson Malcolm X Martin Luther King, Jr Barack H. Obama II

Author : Gail Herman,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780451532626

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Who Was Coretta Scott King? by Gail Herman,Who HQ Pdf

The wife of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader in her own right, playing a prominent role in the African American struggle for racial equality in the 1960s. Here's a gripping portrait of a smart, remarkable woman. Growing up in Alabama, Coretta Scott King graduated valedictorian from her high school before becoming one of the first African American students at Antioch College in Ohio. It was there that she became politically active, joining the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). After her marriage to Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta took part in the Civil Rights Movement. Following her husband's assassination in 1968, she assumed leadership of the movement. Later in life she was an advocate for the Women's Rights Movement, LGBT rights, and she worked to end apartheid in South Africa.

Author : Tololwa Marti Mollel
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0395751861

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My Rows and Piles of Coins by Tololwa Marti Mollel Pdf

A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.

Author : Sharon Flake
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781423132493

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Money Hungry (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title) by Sharon Flake Pdf

The mesmerizing story of one girl's struggle to break her family's cycle of poverty is reissued with an arresting new cover. Thirteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is starved for money. She will do just about anything legal to get her hands on the almighty dollar -- wash cars, sell rotten candy, skip lunch, clean houses. She is obsessed. She is driven. She is afraid. Memories of being homeless, sleeping in the streets, and eating handouts keep Raspberry's eye on the only prize that matters to her: cold, hard cash. When the green stuff greases her palm, she gets comfort from feeling its crinkly paper power. And, when money is your best friend, there's more to do than hold it. Raspberry kisses her cash. She smells it. She loves it. But even money can't answer the questions that keep Raspberry awake at night. Will she and Momma ever move out of the projects? What did Ja'nae do with the two hundred bucks Raspberry loaned her? And what's really going on with Momma and that rich doctor? A haunting story of greed and forgiveness by the award-winning author of The Skin I'm In, this unforgettable novel will keep you glued to every page. Bank on it.

Author : Sharon G. Flake
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338573190

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The Life I'm In by Sharon G. Flake Pdf

The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In, Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human trafficking. My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block wondering why I can't find my old self.In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char.Now in Sharon Flake's latest and unflinching novel, The Life I'm In, we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char boards a bus to nowhere where she is lured into the dangerous web of human trafficking. Much is revealed behind the complex system of men who take advantage of vulnerable teens in the underbelly of society. While Char might be frightened, she remains strong and determined to bring herself and her fellow victims out of the dark and back into the light, reminding us why compassion is a powerful cure to the ills of the world.Sharon Flake's bestselling, Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel The Skin I'm In was a game changer when it was first published more than twenty years ago. It redefined young adult literature by presenting characters, voices, and real-world experiences that had not been fully seen. Now Flake offers readers another timely and radical story of a girl on the brink and how her choices will lead her to either fall, or fly.

Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : African American
ISBN : OCLC:1311558587

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My People by Langston Hughes Pdf