SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT April 30th: Video announcement and press release made publicWatch this space for a special announcement regarding the announcement of this year’s Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winners and […]
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Jane Addams Award Winning Author Jacqueline Woodson World’s Largest Prize For Children’s Literature #JACBA Newsletter
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT April 30th: Video announcement and press release made publicWatch this space for a special announcement regarding the announcement of this year’s Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winners and […]
Honoring The Life of Prolific Youth Nonfiction Writer Russell Freedman #JACBA Newsletter
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT April 30th: Video announcement and press release made publicWatch this space for a special announcement regarding the announcement of this year’s Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winners and […]
Faither Ringgold’s Art Frees Absent And Buried Voices #JACBA Newsletter
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT April 30th: Video announcement and press release made publicWatch this space for a special announcement regarding the announcement of this year’s Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Winners and […]
Read More… from Faither Ringgold’s Art Frees Absent And Buried Voices #JACBA Newsletter
Books For Every Girl During Women’s History Month #JACBA Newsletter
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 32 books every little girl should read during Women’s History Month From the women who wanted to go to the stars, to women who wanted to save […]
Read More… from Books For Every Girl During Women’s History Month #JACBA Newsletter
History Will Be Kinder To Student Organizers Of Walkout Than Their Critics #JACBA Newsletter
History will be kinder to student organizers of walkout than their critics In Phillip Hoose’s book, “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,” Colvin recounts her fear of reprisals for her activism, […]
Oscar Nominee The Breadwinner (Based On The Jane Addams Book) Echoes A Broader Shift To Cultural Diversity In Film #JACBA Newsletter 02March2018
How Two Nominees for Best Animated Feature Found the Right Sound Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie put her producing muscle behind The Breadwinner, Irish filmmaker Nora Twomey’s adaptation of Deborah […]
Addams Author Eloise Greenfied Is 2018 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award #JACBA Newsletter 23Feb2018
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Eloise Greenfield is the recipient of the 2018 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. “Eloise Greenfield is a trailblazer whose extraordinary books […]
Jacqueline Woodson, Newly Named 2018 Wilder Winner, Calls For The End Of The Label “Struggling Reader” #JACBA Newsletter 16Feb2018
Stop Using the Label ‘Struggling Reader,’ Author Jacqueline Woodson Advises Woodson: Any kind of qualifier can be harmful because who we are is not static. Our abilities are constantly changing. […]
Black History Celebrated Through Biographies And Much More #JACBA Newsletter 9Feb2018
Children’s Books About Black History, Heavy on Biographies Among that genre’s newest arrivals are names familiar to adults, as in THE UNITED STATES V. JACKIE ROBINSON (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, ages […]