Author Winner
This Life by Call Number: 920 P756t 1980ISBN: 0345294076Publication Date: 1981-03-12An honest, engrossing account of the actor's life through the late 1970s.
Author Honor
Don't Explain by
A portrait in rhythmic prose of the glory and pain of Billie Holliday's life spotlights the celebrated jazz singer's struggle against loneliness, racism, jealousy, and heroin.
Call Number: B H717d 1980ISBN: 9780863161322Publication Date: 1989-06-01
Illustrator Winner
Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum by Call Number: 398.2 B38b 1987ISBN: 0689711077Publication Date: 1987-05-31Here are five Nigerian folktales, retold in language as rhythmic as the beat of the story-drum, and illustrated with vibrant, evocative woodcuts.
Illustrator Honors
Grandmama's Joy by
The portrait of a relationship, revealed less as a story than as the unfolding of love.--Booklist. Beautiful charcoal illustrations contribute to the mood that permeates the story.--School Library Journal. Two-color illustrations.
Call Number: E G837gr 1980ISBN: 9780613147675Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Count on Your Fingers African Style by
Describes how finger counting is used for communication of price and quantity in an African market place.
Call Number: 513.5 Z19c 1980ISBN: 9780863162503Publication Date: 1980-08-01
