Jacqueline Woodson

By kimroedema

  • Born

    in Colombus, Ohio

  • Graduated Adelphi University

    BA in English
    Garden City, New York

  • First Coretta Scott King Honor

    From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

  • First Newberry Honor of 3

    Show Way

  • National Book Award

    for Brown Girl Dreaming

  • Named Young People's Poet Laureate

    by Poetry Foundation

  • National Ambassador for Young People's Literature