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Features
Deborah Taylor 14 Coretta Scott King Awards 2015
“A group of established creators and
some very intriguing newcomers.”
Jacqueline Woodson 20 Coretta Scott King Author Award Acceptance
Nancy Paulsen 24 A profile of Jacqueline Woodson
Christopher Myers 29 Coretta Scott King
Illustrator Award Acceptance
Jason Reynolds 34 A profile of Christopher Myers
Thom Barthelmess 37 Caldecott and Newbery 2015
“Some meaningful, curious, and
thought-provoking juxtapositions.”
Dan Santat 45 Caldecott Medal Acceptance
Connie Hsu 55 A profile of Dan Santat
Kwame Alexander 67 Newbery Medal Acceptance
Nikki Giovanni 78 A profile of Kwame Alexander
Donald Crews 88 Wilder Medal Acceptance
Nina Crews 95 A profile of Donald Crews
Horn Book editors 105 2015 Mind the Gap Awards
The books that didn’t win.
Columns
Editorial
Roger Sutton 11 What the Survey Doesn’t Say
Diversity by the numbers.
Sight Reading
Leonard S. Marcus 61 Some Vacation: This One Summer
Thoughts on this one book, honored by
both the Caldecott and Printz committees.
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July/August 2015
Volume XCI Number 4
Special Issue: Awards