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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 24 January 2017
Lewis receives 4 literary awards for ‘March: Book Three’

BY HILLEL ITALIE outstanding children’s
AP National Writer book overall, was given to
NEW YORK (AP) — Rep. Kelly Barnhill for her fairy
John Lewis is having quite a tale about an abandoned
run in the literary world. baby with a crescent-
The American Library As- shaped birthmark on her
sociation announced Mon- forehead, “The Girl Who
day that the Georgia Dem- Drank the Moon.” The Ran-
ocrat received four prizes dolph Caldecott Medal for
for “March: Book Three,” best picture book went to
the last of a graphic trilogy “Radiant Child: The Story of
about his civil-rights activ- Young Artist Jean-Michel
ism and winner last fall of the Basquiat,” illustrated and
National Book Award. The written by Javaka Steptoe,
latest honors for “March,” which also won the Coretta
a collaboration among Scott King award for best il-
Lewis, Andrew Aydin and lustration. The awards were
Nate Powell, include the announced during the
Coretta Scott King award library association’s mid-
for best children’s book by winter meeting in Atlanta,
an African-American and where Lewis is based. The
the Michael L. Printz Award congressman’s late wife,
for excellence in children’s Lillian Miles Lewis, was a
literature. The book also librarian at Atlanta Uni- This Nov. 18, 2016 file photo shows Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville
Public Library in Nashville, Tenn.
jumped high on best-seller versity. One of the world’s Associated Press
lists recently after a harsh most popular children’s au-
public exchange between thors, Rick Riordan, won the ing to the LGBT experience. prize winners “Bronx Mas- award for best book by a
Lewis and President Donald Stonewall award for “Mag- Sarah Dessen, known for querade” and “Words With Latino writer and “Lowriders
Trump, whose legitimacy nus Chase and the Gods such favorites as “Dream- Wings,” each received life- to the Center of the Earth,”
Lewis has challenged. of Asgard: The Hammer of land” and “Along for the time achievement awards. illustrated by Raul Gonza-
Monday’s top award, the Thor.” The Stonewall is giv- Ride,” and Nikki Grimes, Juana Medina’s “Juana & lez, was the Pura Belpre
John Newbery Medal for en for the best book relat- whose books include the Lucas” won the Pura Belpre winner for best illustration.q