First presented in 1970, the Coretta Scott King Award has become one of the most prestigious honors bestowed on authors and illustrators of children's literature. This book provides information on the award and award winners, and ideas for using selected award-winning titles in the classroom. The first part of the book "The Award,"…

For 30 years, the Coretta Scott King Awards have honored notable African American authors and illustrators. This volume provides up-to-date information about the Coretta Scott King award books. Celebrating 30 years of African American contributions to children's literature, it serves as a selection tool and teaching resource, in both schools and…

The creative process in writing varies from one individual to another; the purpose in language arts is to help develop creativity. (MM)

Suggests that Maranon has suppressed various prologues he wrote during his career for political and personal reasons; the prologues were for books published by contemporary Spanish authors. (DS)

An Illinois alternative for mass dissemination of project materials developed with federal funds. (Editor)

Author reviewed some so-called existential'' writings in education periodicals and found in each a blatant misuse of existential terminology that accompanies the claim of authors to be applying existential thinking to education. (Author/RK)

Discusses the works of contemporary writers Martin de Riquer, Luis Maria Anson, Gabriel Celaya, Gaspar Gomez de la Serna, Carmen Mieza, and Jose Luis Acquaroni. (DS)

The Public Lending Right (PLR) campaign began in 1951 and the details of the proposals have been changed over the years. The 1972 Working Party Report makes no recommendation but many of the facts it assembles can be used to oppose PLR in its proposed form. (5 references) (Author)

The Working Party Report on Public Lending Right confines its attention to the ways in which an operational scheme might be administered. Librarians should not be diverted from the principle, and should oppose any such scheme, which would adversely affect libraries and the book trade itself. (Author/SJ)

This article examines the continuity of scientific work and information exchange by productive scientists'' two years after the publication of their articles. About half of the authors had changed to a different subject-matter area, but such shifts did not decrease the authors' productivity nor greatly increase their information needs. (7…

The abysmally low representation of women writers in standard freshman textbooks (7-8 percent) scarcely does justice to the literary achievements of women. (Author/NL)

Text of Sejour's story "Le Mulatre" (The Mulatto) is included. (RS)

Well-known artists and writers comment on the meaning of intelligence and creativity in human development. (DS)

Paulo Freire's major work is Pedagogy of the Oppressed'' published in England in 1970. (DS)