Literature for Children and Adolescents - EDUC 270 Resource Guide

Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, folklore and illustrative art focusing on African Americans: their present-day lives, cultural experiences, and history in America and Africa. In the beginning were the slave narratives, told, retold, remembered, eventually written down, published, read, reread, and ultimately recreated, transformed, and available today in collections by such writers as Julius Lester, Virginia Hamilton and Patricia Mckissack.

American author residing in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Her productivity (36 books in 33 years), variety of literary output (nearly every genre possible and many cross-genre works), and extent of critical recognition (she has been the recipient of every major award in the field) place Hamilton among the best and the most important of children’s and young adults’ authors.

American authors of books for children. Fredrick McKissack and Patricia Carwell were born in Nashville, Tennessee, and have known each other since their teens. They both received degrees from Tennessee State University and were married in 1964. Fred then worked as a general contractor, and Patricia became a teacher and educational consultant. Patricia began writing for children while a teacher. Confronted with an absence of materials for children on African American history, she wrote her first

. is a popular and critically acclaimed picture-book illustrator, his range of artistic venues includes record jackets, greeting cards, china, and U.S.–postage stamps. His artistic career began early when he gained recognition from family, friends, and teachers for his talent for drawing.

Brooklyn-born writer and illustrator of over 20 books, including seven for children. First as a comic strip illustrator and later as a writer and illustrator, Feelings has made it a central concern of his work to discover the depth and significance of African American history and communicate it to his audience. Feelings has received the Caldecott Award twice as a children’s book illustrator.