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A F SCHOLASTIC TO PUBLISH A DREAM OF FREEDOM Overview:
Scholastic to Publish Pulitzer Prize-winning Author's
First Book for Children
A Dream of Freedom By Diane McWhorter Will Be Released In Fall 2004
NEW YORK, May 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ:SCHL) , the
world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, announced today
that it will publish Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter's first
book for young readers in fall 2004. Released under the Scholastic Nonfiction
imprint, A Dream of Freedom is a stirring history of the civil rights movement
in America and is McWhorter's first book since she won the Pulitzer Prize for
Carry Me Home in 2002.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040524/NYM109 )
A Dream of Freedom (Scholastic Nonfiction; October 2004; $19.95; ages 9 and
up) tells the story of the modern civil rights movement for young readers, a
passionate yet balanced history of the momentous years between 1954 (Brown vs.
the Board of Education) and 1968 (the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.). In
her epilogue, Diane McWhorter writes to young people: "Have no doubt: History
is going on around you right now. You can either make it or it can make you.
No one knows while it's happening how it will turn out. But everything
counts."
"This is a very exciting time for children's nonfiction publishing and we
are thrilled to be the publisher of Diane McWhorter's first book for young
readers," said Kenneth Wright, Editorial Director, Scholastic Nonfiction.
"Diane came to us with the professional credentials of a journalist and
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the personal experience of growing up in the
epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement: Birmingham, Alabama in the 1950s and
1960s. The combination was unbeatable. A Dream of Freedom has Diane's own
experience as a backdrop to the momentous events that make up the Movement.
It's a powerful story -- one I hope many children and their parents will want
to read together."
Diane McWhorter won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for her adult book, Carry Me
Home, a personal documentary of the cataclysmic events that took place in
Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 - a time and place many people consider the
turning point in America's long struggle for civil rights. Considered one of
the most important books on the civil rights movement, its additional awards
and accolades include one of Time Magazine's Ten Best Books of the Year, a New
York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, and winner
of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award. Ms. McWhorter lives in New York
City.
The Scholastic Nonfiction imprint, whose credo is "great nonfiction is
great storytelling," is aimed at making nonfiction books more exciting and
innovative for children. Launched in 2003, the imprint recently released: A
Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and its Aftermath (published with
The New York Times), The White House: An Illustrated History by Catherine
O'Neill Grace, in association with The White House Historical Association, and
Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island and the Journey to America by Martin
W. Sandler.
Scholastic Corporation, the world's largest publisher and distributor of
children's books, creates quality educational and entertaining materials and
products for use in school and at home, including children's books, textbooks,
magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television
programming, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and
services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based
book clubs, school-based book fairs, school-based and direct-to-home
continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries, and television
networks; and the Company's Internet Site, http://www.scholastic.com/.
Visit Scholastic online at http://www.scholastic.com/
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Source: Scholastic
CONTACT: Charisse Meloto of Scholastic, +1-212-389-3785,
cmeloto
Manufacturer URL :
www.scholastic.com/
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