'American Dream' classics for kids: the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Awards, now celebrating its 35th year, set a standard for African American literature for children.

Black Issues Book Review › Vol. 6 Nbr. 2, March 2004

Author: Atkins, Elizabeth

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'American Dream' classics for kids: the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Awards, now celebrating its 35th year, set a standard for African American literature for children.

It crowns the jewels of African American literature for children and young adults, and rightly so: named for one of the world's most regal women with the most noble of causes, the Coretta Scott King Award (CSK) will be presented in June for the 35th year by the prestigious American Library Association (ALA) at its annual conference in Orlando, Florida. Three new works by black authors ...

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