Hit: African American Authors and Illustrators

[Cathy Atkins <CAtkins999@AOL.COM>]

Hi Group,
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request.
Here's what I've received so far.
The starred one (first on the list) gives a list of authors and illustrators.

Cathy Atkins
McAlpine Elementary
Charlotte, NC
CAtkins999@aol.com

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* http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/afabib.html

http://www.flint.lib.mi.us/fpl/pubs/because/because.tc.html

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/afro.html

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/afro1.html

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Have been looking for the same thing to no avail.  However I did do some work
on my own, and let's see from memory I have these names:
Faith Ringgold
The Pinkneys
Virginia Hamilton
Ezra Jack Keats is NOT African American!
There is a wonderful author (not American) but from African who has written A
is for Africa and Emeko's Gift...I plan on using those two with K next week
Deborah Hopkinson (I think she is African American...can't find her photo!)

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Try this web site:
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/coretta.html

This lists the Coretta Scott King winners .

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The Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English will
sponsor a nation-wide Read-In on the tthe first Sunday of February
(February 6th) at 4:00 p.m. EST.  The following Monday (February 7th) is
designated for educational institutions.  This is meant to be a part of
Black History Month celebrations.  The Read-In may involve simply
gathering as a family or classroom or share books, or as elaborate as
arranging large audiences to hear professional writers and readers.

African-American Authors and Illustrators

Verna Aardema
Drew Armstrong
Candy Dawson Boyd
Ashley Bryan
Ann Cameron
Wil Clay (illustrator)
Floyd Cooper
Donald Crews and wife Ann Jonas
Christohper Paul Curtis
The Cosby Kids books
Leo and Diane Dillon
Sharon Mills Draper
Tom Feelings
Valerie Flornoy
Nikki Grimes
Nikki Giovanni
Eloise Greenfield
Virginia Hamilton
Cheryl and Wade Hudson (Just Us Books)
Langston Hughes
Angela Johnson
Ezra Jack Keats
Julius Lester
The McKissacks
Sharon Bell Mathis
Angela Shelf Medearis (sp?)
Walter Dean Myers
Deborah Chocolate Newton
Alll of the Pinkneys (Brian, Gloria, Andrea, and Jerry)
Chris Raschka
Faith Ringgold
Melodye Rosales T'was the Night Before Christmas, an Afro-American Version
    Illustrator of the first three original Addy books in the American Girl
series
Harriet Robinet  Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule
Shel Silverstein
John Steptoe
Eleanor Tate
Mildred Taylor
Vera Williams
Jacqueline Woodson


Check the Coretta Scott King Award winners for ideas, too.

http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/cskawin.html

Also, check this website
http://www.aalbc.com

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Just to clarify.  The following are NOT African-American even though they
sometimes do write stories focusing on African-Americans

Verna Aardema
Ann Cameron
Ann Jonas (although she is married to Donald Crews who is).
Diane Dillon (although she is married to Leo Dillon who is).
Ezra Jack Keats (dec.)
Shel Silverstein (dec.)
Vera Williams

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