Fellow Listserv Members:
The Children’s Library Services Section of the Catholic Library Association is
proud to announce that Ashley Bryan has been awarded the 2011 Regina Medal. He
will receive the award on April 27, 2011, at the Catholic Library Association
Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Regina Medal is given annually in
recognition of a lifetime of excellence in children’s literature. Bryan, who is
best known for his retelling and illustration of African and international
folktales, qualifies for this award through the more than 40 books he has written,
illustrated, and co-authored. Among them are Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum, Let It
Shine, and Beautiful Blackbird. His most recent is All Things Bright and
Beautiful, published in 2010. Bryan has used a variety of media in his work, from
tempera and block prints to sepia-line drawings and watercolors. He evokes the
oral tradition through his use of the rhythms of poetry.
Born in 1923, Bryan grew up in the Bronx as one of six children. He is a graduate
of Cooper Union Art School and Columbia University. His long career in teaching
art culminated with his retirement as Professor Emeritus at Dartmouth College in
the 1980s. When he is at home, on Little Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine,
he paints, writes, and makes puppets and stained glass panels from objects found on
the beach. The rest of his time is spent traveling around the world, giving puppet
shows, poetry and storytelling presentations, and building schools and libraries in
Africa.
(Further information about the Regina Medal may be found on the Association’s
website at:
http://www.cathla.org/awards/regina-medal)
Anna Campos
Vice-Chair, Children's Library Services Section
Catholic Library Association
Retired School Librarian
Metairie, LA
camposanna@hotmail.com
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