Details Or fastest delivery December 6 - 12. It was described, also in English Journal, as "a celebration of black family life, not of the stereotypical enduring parents, but of the children who find their strength in giving to each other. Listen for the Fig Tree: Mathis, Sharon Bell: 9780140343649: : Books Books Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction Buy used: 1.36 3.99 delivery December 12 - 16. English Journal placed Mathis alongside writers such as Toni Cade Bambara and Nikki Giovanni, characterizing them as "describing a black consciousness of self- celebration rather like that which flowered during the Harlem Renaissance and was somehow lost, at least in literature, in the intervening years of social upheaval." Teacup Full of Roses was a New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year. The Hundred Penny Box received a Newbery Honor Award and is a recipient of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and also an American Library Association Notable Children's Book. Her book Ray Charles, a nonfiction biography of Ray Charles, received the Coretta Scott King Award.
Mathis has written many books for children and young adults, and has received many accolades in her career. In 1958, she earned a degree in Sociology from Morgan State College and, in 1975, went on to earn a master's in Library Science from the Catholic University of America.
Her mother, a poet, encouraged her to write. She started writing at an early age, and her love of reading was fostered by her parents. Mathis was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Urn:oclc:20219038 Republisher_date 20120816184327 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120816091022 Scanner Bell Mathis (born 1937) is an American librarian and author who has written books mainly for children and young adults.
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