Bird

Written by Shadra Strickland and published by Lee & Low Books

The book cover of "Bird" by Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood, illustrated by Shadra Strickland features a young Mekhai, better known as Bird, is holding a pencil and looking up at what he sees in his mind's eye. Over his shoulder are some of his drawings, of a bicycle, a house, a sun, a cloud, a bird and some stars. The CSK-Steptoe Award seal has been affixed to the right of Bird's head.

About

Awards Won

Title Year
seal of Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent

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The award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee.
These books affirm new talent and offer visibility to excellence in writing or illustration at the beginning of a career as a published book creator.
 2009 - Winner(s)