Mark your calendars for November 19, at 7 pm, when The Children’s Book Guild will host young adult author Ibi Zoboi and coauthor and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam. They will discuss, among other topics, their recent collaboration on the young adult novel in verse, Punching the Air. This discussion will be moderated by Guild member Deborah Taylor, and hosted on Zoom.
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The 2020 Nonfiction Award Committee of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, DC, is pleased to announce Catherine Reef as the Nonfiction Award Winner for 2020.
Please Note: The Children’s Book Guild Award Luncheon honoring Reef, previously scheduled for May 30, 2020, has been postponed until spring 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. Those who have purchased tickets for the event will be contacted by email.
Through dozens of nonfiction books for young adults and middle school students, Ms. Reef has produced a body of distinguished and award-winning work, notable for impeccable research, insightful interpretations, and writing that keeps readers engaged.
Catherine Reef’s biographies offer an in-depth study of legendary figures who represent different eras and fields of endeavor such as Queen Victoria, Frida and Diego, and Sigmund Freud. Ms. Reef’s carefully hewn character portrayals are evident in all her biographies. Her ability to weave intricate research into a compelling narrative keeps youthful readers involved in the lives of authors such as E.E. Cummings and Ernest Hemingway. Her historical studies mainly cover topics in African American history: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Explorers, Civil War Soldiers, Africans in America, and the resettlement of African Americans in Liberia.
