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Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson. H810-g Eveleen Hsu Hilary Lustick. Biography. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 12, 1963 Grew up in both Greenville, South Carolina and Brooklyn, NY BA in English Was a drama therapist for homeless children in NYC Currently lives in Brooklyn and writes full time

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Jacqueline Woodson

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  1. Jacqueline Woodson H810-g Eveleen Hsu Hilary Lustick

  2. Biography • Born in Columbus, Ohio, on February 12, 1963 • Grew up in both Greenville, South Carolina and Brooklyn, NY • BA in English • Was a drama therapist for homeless children in NYC • Currently lives in Brooklyn and writes full time • Has a daughter named Toshi and a son named Jackson-Leroi

  3. Liar to Writer • As a child, Woodson loved to write all the time and tell stories. Especially lies. • Breakthrough as a writer came in 5th grade, when she realized her lies would be valued if she wrote them down as stories. • She grew up as an African American Jehovah’s Witness. She says, “I grew up feeling a sense of watching the world instead of being part of it.” • Wants to be known as a writer first.

  4. Books! “I want to create characters that are non-white so kids of color can see themselves. What happens with that is that other kids see themselves too.”

  5. Picture Books • Coming on Home Soon* • The Other Side* • Sweet, Sweet Memory • Our Gracie Aunt • Visiting Day • Show Way* • We Had A Picnic This Sunday Past • Young Adult Titles • After Tupac and D Foster • The Dear One • The House You Pass On The Way • Lena* • I Hadn’t Meant To Tell You This* • From the Notebooks of Melanin* Sun • Miracle’s Boys* • If You Come Softly* • Behind You* • Hush* Middle Grade Titles Feathers* Locomotion* Last Summer With Maizon Maizon At Blue Hill Between Madison And Palmetto * = Book has won an award

  6. “I write realistic fiction. If I was writing realistic fiction and I wasn’t dealing with real stuff, I would be lying.” • Sexuality • Race • Relationships • Teen Pregnancy • Alcohol Abuse

  7. Woodson on Censorship • Did not realize some of her books were banned from schools until Judy Blume compiled a list of censored authors in her anthology Places I Never Thought I’d Be • Example: One time when she was in Tennessee, she was told one of her books wasn’t being circulated because of an interracial relationship between a black guy and a white girl • A lot of negative mail from the Pacific Northwest, specifically Washington state from “right wing thinkers” • She views censorship as intolerance and simply ignores those who ban her books instead of directly addressing the issue

  8. Awards • Margaret A. Edwards Award • 2 Newbury Honors • Coretta Scott King Award • 2 Time National Book Award Finalist • LA Times Book Prize • Parents’ Choice Award • Detroit Public Schools Students’ Favorite Author • American Library Association Prize

  9. Resources Websites: • Her website (which contains resources for “readers,” “teachers,” and “caregivers”): www.jacquelinewoodson.com • http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-woodson-jacqueline.asp • http://litplans.com/authors/Jacqueline_Woodson.html • http://lesbianlife.about.com/od/artistswriterset1/a/JWoodson.htm • http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=1634&column_type=author • http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/jacqueline_woodson.html NPR Segments: • http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/may/010530.cfoa.html • http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3859760

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