![]() (Illustrator George Ford won the first Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for that title too.) And in 1976, Mathis won one of the industry’s highest awards - a Newbery Honor for The Hundred Penny Box, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. In 1974, she won the Coretta Scott King Author Award for her picture book, Ray Charles. Tea Cup Full of Roses, another middle-grade, was recognized as a notable title by the American Library Association (ALA). ![]() ![]() One of her early middle-grade novels, Sidewalk Story, was chosen as a Child Study Association of America’s Children’s Book of the Year. ![]() It didn’t take long for Mathis’ books to win acclaim. Instead, she became a teacher after graduating from Morgan State University. ![]() There, she stepped through the pages of books into new and exciting worlds.īut though she had a passion for reading and a talent for writing, Mathis didn’t plan on becoming an author. Sharon Bell Mathis is a 1-Time Bestselling AuthorĪs a child, one of Sharon Bell Mathis’ favorite reading spaces was the iron fire escape above the backyard. ![]()
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