1. Fran O’ConnorUSFLAE 6316Creator ReportFall 2010 Multicultural Children’s Author: Virginia Hamilton Grade Level: 6-9 Curriculum-Literature-Author Study

2. Virginia Hamilton “Stories help children to understand the world better.” (Hamilton, 1999) Virginia Hamilton's website Highly Honored Multicultural AuthorMarch 12, 1936-February 19, 2002“

3. Interesting Facts… 1st African American to win the John Newberry Award for the book: M.C. Higgins the Great. 1st Children’s author to receive the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship grant or the “Genius Award.” One of only a few American authors to be awarded the International Hans Christian Anderson Award, or “The Little Nobel Prize”.

4. Family, History, Heritage… To Blend the Known, Remembered & Imagined Her desire was for diverse cultures to learn from each other. She promoted positive aspects of the African American Culture which she considered a parallel cultural community in American culture. Her characters face complications stemming from differences in race, class, family structure, physical ability and searching for one’s individual identity. .

5. InspirationsOf the Past Virginia Hamilton grew up in the small town of Yellow Springs, Ohio. She thrived on hearing of her grandfather, Levi Perry’s, daring escape from slavery through the Underground Railroad and the imaginatively creative storytelling of her parents and family members. Tour the Underground Rail Road

8. Coretta Scott King

9. The Horn Born Fan Fare

10. NCTE Teacher’s Choice

11. New York Times Best Illustrated Book Awards Include: The People Could Fly Story Telling The People Could Fly: Audio Introduction by ArnoldAdoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0C151dnDqg

12. Literature Awards: Includes: John Newberry Medal Boston Globe Hornbook Award Coretta Scott King Award Edgar Allan Poe Award: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honor Book Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Hans Christian Andersen Medal, for the body of her work, 1992 http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/her-stories.jpg Virginia Hamilton’s Awards

15. Virginia Hamilton Interview Virginia Hamilton Interview By Virginia to Scholastic readers http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/jaime-and-virginia1-150x150.jpg http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/family-150x150.jpg

16. References: http://scottfamily.blogs.com/scott_family_blog/images/2007/03/21/hamilton_virginia_lg.jpg Sagert, Kelly Boyer. Virginia Hamilton: Keeper of the Words. Ohio Writer (March/April 1998): 1-3 Hamilton, Virginia. Looking for America. School Library Journal (May 1999): 28-32 Mikkelsen, Nina. Discussion Guide to the Novels of Virginia Hamilton, (1999)

17. References continued: http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/image.jpg http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/virginia-hamilton.jpghttp://www.virginiahamilton.com/awards/ http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/etta-belle-hamilton.gif http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/kenneth-j-hamilton.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYeQzWvG0lw&feature=related

18. http://www.virginiahamilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/young-virginia.gif http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/images/j1_topleft.gif Hamilton, V. (1974). Virginia Hamilton reads Zeely. New York: Caedmon. Hamilton, V., & Shimin, S. (1967). Zeely. New York: Macmillan. http://www.virginiahamilton.com/virginia-hamilton-books/zeely/ http://aalbc.com/authors/images/virgin2.jpg http://www.teachingbooks.net/crc.cgi?id=1 TeachingBooks.net | Coretta Scott King Book Award Curriculum Resource Center http://www.teachingbooks.net/crc.cgi Norton, D. (2009) Multicultural Childrens Literature Through the Eyes of Many Children 3rd Edition. Pearson Education Incorporated. 40-42. References continued: