Coretta Scott King Award Books: Using Great Literature with Children and Young Adults

By Claire Gatrell Stephens

Here's a fresh opportunity to learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. The first half of the book presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator winners and honor books. The entire second half of the book is devoted to activities, including some reproducibles, based on select titles.

During the past 30 years, the titles recognized by the Coretta Scott King Award have consistently presented excellent writing, storytelling, history, and values. Stephens's book is designed to help educators learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. After giving background about the award and its history, the author presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator award winners and honor books. The second half of the book is devoted to providing activities based on specific titles. Helpful tips and reproducibles make this a classroom-friendly resource.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563086859
• ISBN13: 9781563086854
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Terrific Resource for Great YA Literature

I discovered this book when I was coordinating a middle school book group with at-risk kids, primarily African American kids. I was looking for great books that would appeal to the kids, characters and stories they could relate to, outside of the norm. The Coretta Scott King Award List is a wonderful source of young adult literature. This book is the only one of its kind that I could find that offered lesson plans and reading guides, all kinds of enrichment materials, based on CSK Award Winners. My only complaint is that it was published in 2000 and has not been updated! ;-(