Local Cherokee artist Rebecca Lee Kunz wins Caldecott Medal for 'Chooch Helped'
Santa Fe-based artist Rebecca Lee Kunz has won the Caldecott Medal, widely considered the highest award a children's book illustrator can receive. "Chooch Helped," written by Andrea L. Rogers, was the ...
Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction
On Sunday, the American Library Association announced that Everett's “James” was this year's winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, which includes a $5,000 cash award. Kevin Fedarko's ...
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19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
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Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction
On Sunday, the American Library Association announced that Everett's “James” was this year's winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence ... received the National Book Award and the Kirkus ...
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This Book Just Won the Prestigious Newbery Medal—Have You Read It Yet?
The First State of Being—also a finalist for a 2024 National Book Award—is a touch-of-sci-fi story that will appeal to all readers. This is Kelly’s second Newbery Medal; her third book ...
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Black History Month: 19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
“It is part of what I would call kind of a cycle of anxiety in which book challengers are driven by concerns ... and was ...