May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture: Rejoice the Legacy!

Authors

  • Andrea Davis Pinkney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.12n4.03

Abstract

The May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture was presented May 3, 2014, at the University of Minnesota Children’s Literature Research Collections on the university’s West Bank Campus.

Author Biography

Andrea Davis Pinkney

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. She is the recipient of several Coretta Scott King Book Award citations, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award, and the Parenting Publication Gold Medal. Andrea is Vice President, Executive Editor at Scholastic. She was named one of the “25 Most Influential Black Women in Business” by the Network Journal, and is among “The 25 Most Influential People in Our Children’s Lives” cited by Children’s Health magazine.

References

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Mineola, NY: Dover Thrift Editions, 1995), 22–26.

Sharon McQueen, Old Dominion University, “A Permanent and Significant Contribution, The Life of May Hill Arbuthnot” (working paper, presented at Educational Entrepreneurship, ALISE Annual Conference, Philadelphia, January 21–24, 2014).

“Stand Up for Girls,” LitWorld, accessed August 15, 2013, www.litworld.org/standupforgirls.

Andrea Davis Pinkney, The Red Pencil, advanced reading copy (New York: Little, Brown/Hachette Book Group, 2014), 56–57.

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Published

2015-01-29

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 4 (2014): Winter

Section

Features

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