Is the co-founder and first editor of Jump at the Sun Books, the first African AmericanĬhildren’s book imprint at a major publishing company.ĭavis Pinkney’s latest ventures include working with Chelsea Clinton on the “She Persisted” A member of the New York State Writers Hall of Fame, she Literature for children and young adults, has brought her multiple Coretta Scott Kingīook Awards, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor, and four NAACP Image Award nominations,Īmong other recognition.

Pinkney’s more than three decades of work in the publishing world, which includes The author of Martin Rising: Requiem for a King, The Red Pencil, and Rhythm Ride: A Trip through the Motown Sound, she is also a previous keynote speaker at the CBF. “It was an emotional day,” said Pinkney, speaking about the award presented to herĪpril 14 by organizers of the festival. Popular annual event also includes the Ezra Jack Keats Award ceremony. Led to restrictions being placed on large gatherings beginning in early 2020. Was offered this year in an online format for the second time since the Covid-19 pandemic The festival, held annually since 1968 by The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) KaiglerĬhildren’s Book Festival’s (CBF) highest honor, the Southern Miss Medallion, presentedĪnnually to an author or illustrator who has and continues to make outstanding contributions New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney was this week awarded the Fay B.

Award-Winning Author Andrea Davis Pinkney “Honored” to be Children’s Book Festival

Sit-In by Andrea Davis Pinkney