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America’s Most Honored Writer of Children’s Literature

Virginia Hamilton. America’s Most Honored Writer of Children’s Literature. Biography. Virginia Esther Hamilton was born on March 12, 1934 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Majored in literature and creative writing at Ohio State University. Moved to New York City in 1958.

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America’s Most Honored Writer of Children’s Literature

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  1. Virginia Hamilton America’s Most Honored Writer of Children’s Literature

  2. Biography Virginia Esther Hamilton was born on March 12, 1934 in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Majored in literature and creative writing at Ohio State University. Moved to New York City in 1958. Married poet Arnold Adoff, and had two children, Leigh, and Jaime. In 1969, the family moved to Yellow Springs, and Virginia began to focus on writing. Died in 2002.

  3. Virginia Hamilton Facts Wrote 41 books that spanned many genres including biography, folk tales, picture books, science fiction, and realistic fiction. Has won every major award in children's and young adult literature. Focus on African-American traditions and generational legacy Known for unique and memorablecharacters

  4. Honors and Awards 1967  Virginia’s first book, Zeely, is published. It is named an ALA Notable Book and wins the Nancy Bloch Award.

  5. Honors and Awards 1968  The House of Dies Drear wins the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Mystery.

  6. Honors and Awards 1971  The Planet of Junior Brown is named Newbery Honor Book and wins the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

  7. Honors and Awards 1974  M.C. Higgins the Great wins the Newbery Medal, making Hamilton the first African American author ever to receive this honor. In addition, the book wins the National Book Award, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, the Peace Prize of Germany, New York Times Outstanding Children’s Book of the Year and Hans Christian Andersen Honor Book, among others.

  8. Sample from M.C. Higgins the Great Mayo Cornelius Higgins raised his arms high to the sky and spread them wide. He glanced furtively around. It was all right. There was no one to see his greeting to the coming sunrise. But the motion of his arms caused a flutter of lettuce leaves he had bound to his wrists with rubber bands. Like bracelets of green feathers, the leaves commenced to wave.

  9. Sample from M.C. Higgins the Great The strata of rock were worn smooth from years of barefoot climbing and descending, of running children, of sitting and playing. Wind and rain, sun, had given a patina neither man-hewn nor natural. Shiny smooth, it existed in neither the past or the present. So that walking on it now, they were neither here nor there, but perhaps heading toward some unknown future.

  10. Honors and Awards 1985  The People Could Fly wins the Coretta Scott King Award, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Award, Booklist’s Editor’s Choice and New York Times Best Illustrated Book, among others.

  11. Honors and Awards 1988  In the Beginning is named the ALA Best Book for Young Adults, National Science Teachers Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children, Newbery Honor Book, Parents Magazine’s Best Book of the Year, Time magazine’s One of the Twelve Best Books for Young Readers and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, among others.

  12. Resources for Teachers www.virginiahamilton.com - author's website with biographical information, awards and honors, book list, and contact information Scholastic.com - Discussion guide to the Novels of Virginia Hamilton - http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=1497 LitPlans: Virginia Hamilton - lesson plans, teachers guides, and more. This is a list of 74 links to other web sites. http://litplans.com/authors/Virginia_Hamilton.html LessonIndex.com - lesson plans for over 2000 books. Several of Virginia Hamilton's novels are included in this index. http://www.lessonindex.com/big_index.htm

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