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Welcome to the African-American Read-In featuring Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books

Welcome to the African-American Read-In featuring Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books. Celebrating 50 th Years of Excellence.

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Welcome to the African-American Read-In featuring Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books

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  1. Welcome to the African-American Read-In featuring Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books

  2. Celebrating 50th Years of Excellence 2019 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards! The Coretta Scott King Book Awards has made a name for itself within the library and book industry with titles that celebrate the black experience for today's youth.

  3. Coretta Scott King Book Awards The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.  

  4. Coretta Scott King Book Awards The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.  

  5. Coretta Scott King Book Awards • Founded in 1969 • First author award presented in 1970 – Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace by Lillie Patterson • First illustrator award presented in 1974 – Ray Charles, illustrated by George Ford; text by Sharon Bell Mathis

  6. Coretta Scott King Book Awards • Author Award • Illustrator Award • John Steptoe New Talent Award • Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement • The Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grant

  7. Reflecting, Connecting, and Affirming • CSK Award-winning books offer authentic stories featuring diverse characters • CSK Award-winning books affirm, inspire, connect and challenge children • CSK Award-winning books showcase African-American children’s book creators and model for kids that writing children’s books is a dream they can have too • CSK Award-winning books celebrate “universal human values”

  8. 2019 Award-Winning Books

  9. 2018 Award-Winning Books

  10. Getting Involved in the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee • Getting Involved • Volunteer for a Committee • Membership Brochure

  11. Celebrating the 50th Anniversary inWashington, DC • 50th Anniversary Gala (Friday, June 21, 2019, 7:00-9:00 p.m.) • Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement – Practitioner (Saturday, June 22, 2019, 6:00-7:30 p.m.) • Coretta Scott King Annual Awards Breakfast (Sunday, June 23, 2019, 7:00 – 10:00 a.m.)

  12. Let the reading begin…

  13. LaKeshia DardenCurriculum Materials/Media Librariandardenl@campbell.edu

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