Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the 2018-2019
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and she received
the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award. She is the 2014
National Book Award Winner for her New York Times bestselling
memoir BROWN GIRL DREAMING, which was also a recipient of the
Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor Award, the NAACP Image
Award and the Sibert Honor Award. Woodson was recently named the
Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. Her recent
adult book,Another Brooklyn, was a National Book Award finalist.
Born on February 12th in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up
in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated
from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of more than
two dozen award-winning books for young adults, middle graders and
children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery
Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a
two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include THE
OTHER SIDE, EACH KINDNESS, Caldecott Honor Book COMING ON HOME
SOON; Newbery Honor winners FEATHERS, SHOW WAY, and AFTER TUPAC AND
D FOSTER, and MIRACLE'S BOYS-which received the LA Times Book Prize
and the Coretta Scott King Award and was adapted into a miniseries
directed by Spike Lee. Jacqueline is also the recipient of the
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her
contributions to young adult literature, the winner of the Jane
Addams Children's Book Award, and was the 2013 United States
nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. She lives with her
family in Brooklyn, New York.
Hudson Talbott
"Travel is one of my greatest joys- whether its by land, sea, air -
or cyberspace. Last year, for example, I found myself in Amsterdam,
Holland, at the Institute of War Documentation, the place where
they keep the few records that the Nazis didn't burn. I needed to
go there for research on my newest book, Forging Freedom. From
there I flew to Wales for a conference about King Arthur and the
Holy Grail, research for my King Arthur series. It was great fun to
be with a group of Arthurian scholars, in Arthur's homeland. From
there I crossed the Irish Sea to Dublin, where I directed a
wonderful cast of Irish actors in a taped dramatization of my book
O'Sullivan Stew.My latest journey took me to Kenya, in east Africa,
to visit Dr. Jan Grootenhuis, a wildlife expert I had met in India
last year. When he invited me to work on a book together with him
about the wildlife of Africa how could I say no? I sent email
reports back to several schools in the States when we were on
safari. It was wild to be sharing my safari experiences as they
were happening! In fact, I think the thing I love most about travel
is sharing it with others- through a book, a recording, an email
report, or a website."
Hudson Talbott was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, the
youngest of four children. From the time he could pick up a pencil,
he has been interested in drawing and creative expression, and he
considers himself extremely fortunate to have had family and
teachers who encouraged his talents.
After graduating from the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Hudson
remained in Europe, first staying in Italy, and then living for two
years in Amsterdam. He then worked in Hong Kong and traveled
throughout southeast Asia for a year before moving to New York,
where he has lived and worked since 1974. In his ten years as a
freelance illustrator, his work was commissioned by such clients as
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bloomingdale's, and New York
Magazine. Hudson's first book for young readers, called How to Show
Grown-ups the Museum, was commissioned by New York's Museum of
Modern Art in 1985. Since then he has written and il
* "One of the most remarkable books of the year."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Show Way is a sophisticated book that introduces readers to the passage of time, family traditions, and the significance of quilts and their patterns in African-American history. The gorgeous, multimedia art includes chalk, watercolors, and muslin. An outstanding tribute, perfectly executed in terms of text, design, and illustration."—School Library Journal, starred review* “Will move many readers to explore their own family roots.”—Booklist, starred review
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