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Walter Dean Myers Award
The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature, known as "The Walters,” was created by the American nonprofit We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) in 2014, and the inaugural award was presented in 2016. Named after young adult author Walter Dean Myers Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers; August 12, 1937 – July 1, 2014) was an American writer of children's books best known for young adult literature. He was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but was raised in Harlem, New York City ..., the award recognizes published, diverse authors who champion marginalized voices in their stories. The awards program is managed by WNDB's co-directors Kathie Weinberg and Terry Hong. In 2018, WNDB changed the categories from a single category of young adult titles to two categories of teen and young readers. Subsequent awards include both categories. Recipients References {{Walter Dean Myers Awards established in 2014 American literary awards 21st-century lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Need Diverse Books
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) is a nonprofit organization created to promote diversity of multiple forms in American children's literature and publishing, which grew out of the Twitter hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks in 2014. The organization's programming includes funding grants and internships for diverse authors and people interested in publishing, a mentorship program, providing lists of book recommendations for librarians, teachers, and parents on finding books with characters from marginalized backgrounds, and publishing an anthology of short stories featuring multiple authors from diverse backgrounds. History We Need Diverse Books started on Twitter. Following the announcement of a panel of all-white, all-male children's authors at BookCon in 2014, Ellen Oh, Malinda Lo, and other authors and publishing insiders began protesting and discussing the lack of diversity and representation in the field on Twitter using the hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks. The organizers asked Twitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Michele Weatherford ( Boston; born February 13, 1956) is an American author, critic, and poet. She has published over 50 children's books, primarily non-fiction and poetry. The music of poetry has fascinated Weatherford and motivated her literary career. She has won multiple awards for her books, including the 2022 Coretta Scott King Award for Author for her book '' Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre.'' As a critic, she is best known for her controversial criticism of Pokémon character Jynx and Dragon Ball character Mr. Popo. Early life and education Carole Michele Boston was born February 13, 1956, in Baltimore to Joseph Alexander "Joe" Boston and Carolyn Virginia (Whitten) Boston. She began writing in first grade by dictating poems to her mother. Her father taught printing at a local high school and published his daughter's early works. As a child, she enjoyed reading Dr. Seuss and Langston Hughes. Weatherford earned a Bachelor of Arts from American University in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
''Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me'' is a graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell. It follows Frederica "Freddy" Riley throughout her struggles with her on-again, off-again relationship with the eponymous Laura Dean. The novel was first published by First Second Books on May 7, 2019. A young adult and lesbian teen novel, ''Laura Dean'' includes themes about teenage lesbian and queer sexuality. ''Laura Dean'' received critical acclaim from book critics and media publications who lauded Tamaki's and Valero-O'Connell's work on the novel, as well as their dynamic. The novel's writing and narrative was critically praised, with many publications calling the dialogue authentic. Valero-O'Connell's artwork was also positively received, with reviews of ''Laura Dean'' praising her visual storytelling and use of color. The story also received praise for the diversity and relatability displayed by its characters. The novel went on to receive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Rosemary Valero-O'Connell is an American illustrator and cartoonist. She is known for her work with DC Comics and BOOM! Studios. Early life Rosemary Valero-O'Connell was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. She graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a BFA in Comic Art in 2016. Valero began a working relationship with First Second Comics after her editor purchased a copy of a 22-page minicomic she had written over a summer from the Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art's festival. Career On June 15, 2015, the cover art was revealed for the first graphic novel edition of ''Steven Universe'', which Valero-O'Connell illustrated. The comic was released in December of that same year under the title "Steven Universe: Too Cool for School". In 2016, Valero worked with DC Comics and BOOM! Studios on a crossover comic issue of '' Gotham Academy'' and ''Lumberjanes'' as primary illustrator''.'' In 2016, it was announced that she had begun i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariko Tamaki
Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer. She is known for her graphic novels '' Skim'', ''Emiko Superstar,'' and '' This One Summer''."Mariko Tamaki". CBC Radio, '' The Next Chapter'', 12 November 2012. In 2016 she began writing for both Marvel and DC Comics. She has twice been named a runner-up for the Michael L. Printz Award. Early life Mariko Tamaki was born in Toronto, Ontario. She is of Japanese and Jewish descent. Mariko attended Havergal College, an all girls' secondary school. She studied English literature at McGill University, graduating in 1994. Career Tamaki has worked as a writer and performance artist in Toronto, including with Keith Cole's Cheap Queers and in the performance group Pretty Porky & Pissed Off with Joanne Huffa, Allyson Mitchell, Abi Slone, Tracy Tidgwell, and Zoe Whittall. Tamaki published the novel ''Cover Me'' in 2000. Told in a series of flashbacks, it is about a depressed teenager dealing with self-harm and feeling like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Diary
''The Night Diary'' is a young adult novel written by American writer Veera Hiranandani and published by Penguin Random House in 2018. It is set in 1947, during the months before and after the independence of India and subsequent partition, and is written as diary entries from the perspective of Nisha, a girl who has just celebrated her twelfth birthday along with her twin brother, Amil. Author Veera Hiranandani was raised in a small town in Connecticut. Her mother is Jewish-American and her father comes from a Hindu family in India. Hiranandani was raised in both cultures. She has a Master's of Fine Arts in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College and spent six years as a book editor. She now teaches creative writing at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York with her family. She is working on her next novel. Plot summary ''The Night Diary'' is set around this time of partition and separated into two different countries. The story is told thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veera Hiranandani
Veera Hiranandani is an American writer of children's books. Her 2018 novel, ''The Night Diary,'' received a Newbery Honor in 2019. Her novel ''How to Find What You're Not Looking For'' won the 2022 Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Life and work Hiranandani, the daughter of a Jewish mother and a Sindhi Hindu father who was originally from India, was raised in Connecticut. She attended George Washington University, and later studied fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Her first book, ''The Whole Story of Half a Girl'', was published in 2012. It would become a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asian Book Award Finalist Hiranandani's next novel, ''The Night Diary'', is set against the background of the 1947 Partition of India. She stated that this book was partly inspired by the experiences of her father, who was nine at the time of the Partition, and fled his home with his family. The book was named one of two Newbery Honor titles in 2019. Hiranandani lives and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Jewell Parker Rhodes (born 1954 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American bestselling novelist and educator. She is the author of several books for children including the ''New York Times'' bestsellers ''Black Brother, Black Brother'' and '' Ghost Boys,'' which has garnered over 50 awards and honors including The Walter Award, the Indies Choice/EB White Read-Aloud Award, and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award for Older Readers. Rhodes is also the author of ''Soul Step, Treasure Island: Runaway Gold, Paradise on Fire'', ''Towers Falling'' and the celebrated Louisiana Girls Trilogy, which includes ''Ninth Ward'', winner of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award, ''Sugar,'' and ''Bayou Magic.'' Her most recent novel for young readers, ''Will's Race for Home,'' is an Indies Next Pick, an Amazon Editors' Pick, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and has garnered three starred reviews. Rhodes has written six adult novels: ''Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Season, Moon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Astonishing Color Of After
''The Astonishing Color of After'' is a young adult novel by Emily X.R. Pan, published March 20, 2018 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The novel addresses topics including suicide and mental health through the story of a biracial teenager, Leigh, in search of her mother, whom Leigh believes has transformed into a red bird following her suicide. She follows the bird to Taiwan, her mother’s birthplace, where she meets her grandparents for the first time and tries to learn what the bird is trying to teach her before the end of the traditional Ghost Month. Throughout the story, Leigh uses colors to describe emotions and her art as a way to process her grief. Meanwhile, she is also in conflict with her father, who does not believe she is handling her grief well and also thinks she should be pursuing something more practical than art. ''The Astonishing Color of After''’s Asian-American cultural representation, as well as depiction of topics such as mental health and teen su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily X
Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 song on Dave Koz's album ''Dave Koz'' * "Emily" (Bowling for Soup song), a 2003 song on Bowling for Soup's album ''Drunk Enough to Dance'' * "Emily" (2009), song on Clan of Xymox's album ''In Love We Trust'' * "Emily" (2019), song on Tourist's album ''Everyday'' * "Emily", song on Adam Green's album ''Gemstones'' * "Emily", song on Alice in Videoland's album ''Outrageous!'' * "Emily", song on Elton John's album '' The One'' * "Emily", song on Asian versions of Feeder's album ''Comfort in Sound'' * "Emily", song on From First to Last's album ''Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount'' * "Emily", song on Kelly Jones' album ''Only the Names Have Been Changed'' * "Emily", song on Joanna Newsom's album '' Ys'' * "Emily", song on Manic Street Prea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany D
Tiffany may refer to: People * Tiffany (given name), list of people with this name * Tiffany (surname), list of people with this surname * Tiffany Darwish, (born 1971), an American singer, songwriter and actress known mononymously as Tiffany * Tiffany Young, (born 1989), an American singer, member of girl group Girls' Generation * Tiffany (American wrestler) (born 1985), better known by her birth name Taryn Terrell * Tiffany (Mexican wrestler) (born 1973), Mexican professional wrestler Businesses * Tiffany & Co., a jewelry and specialty retailer founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany ** Tiffany Blue, the colloquial name for the light medium robin egg blue color associated with Tiffany & Co. ** Tiffany jewelry, a style of jewelry created by Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co. ** Tiffany setting, a prong setting for diamonds * Louis Comfort Tiffany or Tiffany Studios, or Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company ** Tiffany glass ** Tiffany lamp * Tiffany Pictures, a movie studio * Tiff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poet X
''The Poet X'', published March 6, 2018 by HarperTeen, is a young adult novel by Elizabeth Acevedo. Fifteen-year-old Xiomara, also known as "X" or "Xio," works through the tension and conflict in her family by writing poetry. The book, a ''New York Times'' bestseller, was well received and won multiple awards at the 2019 Youth Media Awards. Plot Xiomara Batista is a fifteen-year-old Dominican teenager living in Harlem who loves to write poetry. Though she longs to share it with the world, her religious mother is only concerned with her being confirmed, which has been put off for three years. She feels inferior to her brother, Xavier (affectionately called Twin) as he receives much praise for his work. During the school year, she develops a love for her lab partner, Aman. However, the relationship is broken when her mother sees them kissing on a train. Eventually, her mother finds her poetry, forcing a confrontation between the two. Banned book controversy The Banned Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |