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March: Book Three
by John Lewis (Author), Andrew Aydin (Author), and Nate Powell (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The final volume of Rep. John Lewis’s graphic memoir, won FOUR awards at the American Library Association’s midwinter meeting:

Coretta Scott King Award
Printz Award
YALSA’s Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

“…we have never had a single book win 4 YMA awards in a single year” @MaceyALA #ALAYMA #March @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin @Nate_Powell_Art pic.twitter.com/NFgrhlXKPF

— The Horn Book (@HornBook) January 23, 2017

Last fall, it was the first graphic novel ever to win the National Book Award:

Snippet:

Such a touching moment. @RepJohnLewis seeing his book w/ the award sticker for the first time. #TearsForReal #alamw17 #alayma #MarchBook3 pic.twitter.com/9qj92gCJzD

— Devera Chandler (@Gatorbite67) January 23, 2017

Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: A picture book biography won the Caldecott Award!

Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City.

Snippet: Somewhere in Brooklyn, between hearts
that thump, double dutch, and hopscotch
In his house, you can tell that a serious ARTIST dwells
As he sits at a table with pencils scattered everywhere.

It’s Nonfiction Monday!