 ANNOUNCEMENTS
 |  17th
Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference, April
5-6, 2001 - Patricia C.
McKissack Winner of Virginia Hamilton
Literary Award.
Patricia C.
McKissack, recipient of the third annual Virginia Hamilton
Literary Award, has been credited with having changed the face of children's
literature with deep, rich, and poignant writing that celebrates the
expressions of African American people, both real and imaginary. A former
teacher and editor, Ms. McKissack traces her love of books and language to
the oral storytellers in her family and the many childhood hours spent in the
Nashville Public Library, one of the few places in her hometown that wasn't
segregated. About her career she has said, "I write because there's a need to
have books for, by, and about the African American experience and how we
helped to develop this country." She has received a Newbery Honor
and numerous Coretta Scott King awards for her fiction, biography, and nonfiction, including
The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural;
Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African
American Whalers; Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the
Quarters; and Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?, the latter three written with her husband,
Fredrick L. McKissack. Many of the McKissacks' works have been selected as
notable books of the year by the American Library
Association. The McKissacks have also received the
National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Award for nonfiction for
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the
Quarters and the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award and the
NAACP Image Award for Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a
Woman?. With her son, Fredrick L. McKissack
Jr., Ms. McKissack has written Black Diamond: the Story of the Negro Baseball
Leagues and Black Hoops: the History of African Americans in
Basketball. Current and forthcoming books include,
Nzingha, Warrior Queen of Matamba Angola, Africa
1595; Paul Robeson: a Voice to Remember; and
The Honest To Goodness Truth, illustrated by
Giselle Potter. |
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| Friday, November 10, 2000 The Hope S.
Dean Memorial Award, Boston, Massachusetts Boston Public
Library Presentation To Virginia Hamilton For "A
lasting contribution to the knowledge and appreciation
of children's literature" Acceptance by Virginia
Hamilton. |
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|  16th
Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference, April 14, 2000 -
Illustrator, JERRY PINKNEY Winner of Virginia Hamilton
Literary Award.
Jerry Pinkney, recipient of the second annual Virginia
Hamilton Literary Award, has been illustrating children's
books for more than 35 years. He has the rare distinction of
being the recipient of four Caldecott Honor Medals; namely,
for John Henry by Julius Lester,
The Talking Eggs by Robert D.
San Souci, Mirandy and Brother Wind by
Patricia McKissack, and
most recently The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. He
has received the Coretta Scott King Award four times and a
Coretta Scott King Honor Award twice. Many of his books have
been cited as notable books by the American Library
Association and the National Council of Social
Studies/Children's Book Council. In 1990, Tales of Uncle Remus
by Julius Lester was recognized as one of the best books of
the decade by Booklist. In addition to The Ugly
Duckling, he
has recently illustrated Hans Christian Andersen's The Little
Match Girl as well as Julius Lester's Black Cowboy, Wild
Horses and Barbara Diamond Golden's Journeys of Elijah: Eight
Tales of the Prophet. He has also designed postage stamps for
the United States Postal Service Black Heritage Series and was
part of the artistic team for the space shuttle Columbia. He
has said of his work that his goal is "to continue acting
as a role model, sharing my time with young artists and
children. As for the work itself, my interest is in doing more
multicultural projects." |
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