An Invited Dialogue with Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson is the celebrated author of more than thirty titles- from picturebooks to middle- grade and young adult novels. She has received numerous accolades including multiple Coretta Scott King Author Awards, a National Book Award, a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, and multiple...

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Published in:Language arts 2020-09, Vol.98 (1), p.31-35
Main Author: Bishop, Rudine Sims
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authors
Awards
Book awards
Children & youth
Childrens literature
Grade 2
Juvenile Justice
Librarians
Library Personnel
Novels
Parents
Playwriting
Racism
Reading
Runaways
Titles
Woodson, Jacqueline
Writers
Writing
Young adults
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Summary:Jacqueline Woodson is the celebrated author of more than thirty titles- from picturebooks to middle- grade and young adult novels. She has received numerous accolades including multiple Coretta Scott King Author Awards, a National Book Award, a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, and multiple John Newbery Honors. Woodson has also received several awards for the body of her work, including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award, and the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award. Woodson is not afraid to embrace issues that some writers might consider too risky in ways that are always nuanced, sensitive, and hopeful- including racism, classism, incest, incarceration, death, and abandonment.
ISSN:0360-9170
1943-2402