Mildred D. Taylor è una autrice americana di letteratura per bambini, prominente e molto apprezzata, che ha avuto un impatto significativo sull'industria con le sue storie potenti e commoventi. Nata a Jackson, Mississippi, nel 1943, Taylor ha trascorso la maggior parte della sua infanzia a Toledo, Ohio. Tuttavia, le sue esperienze nel Profondo Sud hanno avuto una profonda influenza sulla sua scrittura, plasmando la sua prospettiva e fornendole una vasta gamma di materiale da cui attingere. La scrittura di Taylor spesso esplora le lotte affrontate dalle famiglie afroamericane nel Profondo Sud, attingendo dalle storie che ha ascoltato mentre cresceva. Questi aneddoti, molti dei quali risalgono ai tempi della schiavitù e del post-schiavitù, si sono radicati profondamente nella mente di Taylor e hanno ispirato molte delle sue opere più famose.
Il libro più famoso di Taylor, "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry", è stato pubblicato nel 1977 e ha vinto la Medaglia Newbery. Questo libro è il volume medio della serie Logans, che include altri titoli come "La Terra", "Il Canto degli Alberi", "Lascia che il cerchio non si spezzi" e "La Strada per Memphis". Come molte delle opere di Taylor, questi libri attingono dalle storie e dalle esperienze della sua famiglia, dando vita alle lotte e alle difficoltà affrontate dalle famiglie afroamericane nel Profondo Sud. La scrittura di Taylor è fortemente radicata nella storia, offrendo un resoconto potente e commovente della vita durante i periodi di grave crisi economica e agitazione sociale.
Nel corso della sua carriera, Taylor è diventata una delle voci più prominenti e celebrate della letteratura per bambini. Il suo lavoro è stato ampiamente riconosciuto per la sua potente e commovente esplorazione dell'esperienza afroamericana nel Profondo Sud, e ha vinto numerosi premi per i suoi contributi al campo. Nel 2003, a Taylor è stato assegnato il premio inaugurale NSK Neustadt per la letteratura per bambini, in riconoscimento dei suoi eccezionali contributi al genere. Oggi, l'eredità di Taylor continua e il suo lavoro continua a ispirare e catturare i lettori di tutte le età, offrendo un resoconto potente e commovente della vita nel Profondo Sud durante alcuni dei momenti più difficili della storia americana.
Logan Family Saga Books
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Song of the Trees (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
2
Song of the Trees
1975
3
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1975
4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
5
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
1981
6
The Friendship
1987
7
The Gold Cadillac
1987
8
Mississippi Bridge
1990
9
The Road to Memphis
1992
10
The Well
1995
11
The Land
2001
12
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
2020
Logan Family Saga Series in Chronological Order
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Land
2001
2
The Well
1995
3
Song of the Trees
1975
4
Song of the Trees (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
5
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1975
6
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
7
Mississippi Bridge
1990
8
Let the Circle Be Unbroken
1981
9
The Friendship
1987
10
The Road to Memphis
1992
11
The Gold Cadillac
1987
12
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
2020
Collezioni
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
The Friendship And Other Stories
1991
Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator
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Titolo
Anno
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Tales from Africa
0
2
Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney, Lila Green)
0
3
The Ugly Duckling
1843
4
The Ugly Duckling (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1843
5
The Little Match Girl (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1845
6
The Little Match Girl
1845
7
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1894
8
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1894
9
Early Autumn ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1927
10
The Education of Henry Adams
1918
11
The Flowering of New England (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1936
12
Lolita (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1955
13
The Flowering of New England
1936
14
Rabbit, Run (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1960
15
Lolita
1955
16
Rabbit, Run
1960
17
The Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
1964
18
The Adventures of Spider
1964
19
The Year Around Book (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1965
20
This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adeline McCall)
1965
21
The Traveling Frog (By: Jerry Pinkney, V. M. Garshin)
1966
22
This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School
1965
23
A Book of Shapes & Sizes (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1966
24
The Traveling Frog
1966
25
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India (By: Jerry Pinkney, John W. Spellman)
1967
26
A Book of Shapes & Sizes
1966
27
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1967
28
The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India
1967
29
The Clock Museum (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ken. Sobol)
1967
30
Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep
1967
31
The Clock Museum
1967
32
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney, Lila Green)
1967
33
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ralph Alan Dale)
1968
34
Folktales and Fairytales of Africa
1967
35
Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets
1968
36
Kostas the Rooster (By: Jerry Pinkney, Traudl)
1968
37
Kostas the Rooster
1968
38
The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1969
39
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. (By: Jerry Pinkney, Thelma. Shaw)
1969
40
Babushka and the Pig (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ann Trofimuk)
1969
41
Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish.
1969
42
The Porcupine and the Tiger (By: Jerry Pinkney, Fern Powell)
1970
43
Babushka and the Pig
1969
44
The Porcupine and the Tiger
1970
45
Cora Annett's Homerhenry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Cora Annett)
1970
46
The King's Ditch (By: Jerry Pinkney, Francine Jacobs)
1971
47
Cora Annett's Homerhenry
1970
48
The Planet of Junior Brown (By: Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Hamilton)
1971
49
The King's Ditch
1971
50
The Planet of Junior Brown
1971
51
Femi and Old Grandaddie (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adjai Robinson)
1972
52
Femi and Old Grandaddie
1972
53
JD (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mari Evans)
1973
54
JD
1973
55
Kasho and the Twin Flutes. (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adjai Robinson)
1973
56
Prince Littlefoot (By: Jerry Pinkney, Berniece Freschet)
1973
57
Kasho and the Twin Flutes.
1973
58
Mickey and Minny ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1973
59
Prince Littlefoot
1973
60
The Great Minu ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1974
61
Roots of Time (By: Jerry Pinkney, Elliott P. Skinner)
1974
62
Roots of Time
1974
63
Song of the Trees (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
64
Wuthering Heights ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
65
Song of the Trees
1975
66
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (With: Jerry Pinkney)
1975
67
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1975
68
Yagua Days (By: Jerry Pinkney, Cruz Martel)
1976
69
Gulliver's Travels (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1977
70
Yagua Days
1976
71
Selected plays (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1977
72
The Winthrop Covenant
1976
73
Gulliver's Travels
1977
74
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles (By: Jerry Pinkney, Verna Aardema)
1978
75
Selected plays
1977
76
History of Tom Jones a Founding ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1978
77
Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles
1978
78
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (By: Jerry Pinkney, Eloise Greenfield, Lessie Jones Little)
1979
79
Tonweya and the Eagles (By: Jerry Pinkney, Rosebud Yellow Robe)
1979
80
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
1979
81
These Thirteen ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1979
82
More Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
1980
83
Tonweya and the Eagles
1979
84
Count on Your Fingers African Style (By: Jerry Pinkney)
1980
85
More Adventures of Spider
1980
86
The Covenant ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1980
87
Jahdu (By: Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Hamilton)
1980
88
Count on Your Fingers African Style
1980
89
Rabbit Redux ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1981
90
Jahdu
1980
91
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece (By: Jerry Pinkney, William A. Wise)
1981
92
Apples On A Stick (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Michels, Bettye White)
1983
93
Monster Myths of Ancient Greece
1981
94
The Patchwork Quilt (By: Jerry Pinkney, Valerie Flournoy)
1985
95
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy White Carlstrom)
1987
96
Apples On A Stick
1983
97
Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea (By: National Geographic Society, Jerry Pinkney, Jane Heath Buxton)
1987
98
The Patchwork Quilt
1985
99
Half a Moon and One Whole Star
1986
100
Mirandy and Brother Wind (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack)
1988
101
Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna
1987
102
The Green Lion of Zion Street (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julia Fields)
1988
103
More Tales of Uncle Remus (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester)
1988
104
Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea
1987
105
Mirandy and Brother Wind
1988
106
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (By: Jerry Pinkney, Verna Aardema)
1989
107
The Talking Eggs (By: Jerry Pinkney, Robert D. San Souci)
1989
108
The Green Lion of Zion Street
1988
109
Turtle in July (By: Jerry Pinkney, Marilyn Singer)
1989
110
More Tales of Uncle Remus
1988
111
Pretend You're a Cat (By: Jerry Pinkney, Jean Marzollo)
1990
112
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
1989
113
The Talking Eggs
1989
114
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket (By: Jerry Pinkney, Sonia Levitin)
1991
115
Turtle in July
1989
116
Their Eyes Were Watching God ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1991
117
Home Place
1990
118
David's Songs (By: Jerry Pinkney, Colin Eisler)
1992
119
Pretend You're a Cat
1990
120
Back Home (By: Jerry Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney)
1992
121
Drylongso (By: Jerry Pinkney, Virginia Hamilton)
1992
122
In for Winter, Out for Spring
1991
123
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
1991
124
A Starlit Somersault Downhill (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard)
1993
125
I Want to Be (By: Jerry Pinkney, Thylias Moss)
1993
126
New Shoes for Silvia (By: Jerry Pinkney, Johanna Hurwitz)
1993
127
David's Songs
1992
128
Back Home
1992
129
The Sunday Outing (By: Jerry Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney)
1994
130
John Henry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester)
1994
131
Drylongso
1992
132
The Jungle Book ( By: Jerry Pinkney)
1995
133
A Starlit Somersault Downhill
1993
134
Tanya's Reunion (By: Jerry Pinkney, Valerie Flournoy)
1995
135
I Want to Be
1993
136
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (By: Jerry Pinkney, Alan Schroeder)
1996
137
New Shoes for Silvia
1993
138
Sam and the Tigers (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester)
1996
139
The Sunday Outing
1994
140
John Henry
1994
141
The Hired Hand (By: Jerry Pinkney, Robert D. San Souci)
1997
142
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester)
1998
143
Journeys with Elijah (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Diamond Goldin)
1999
144
Tanya's Reunion
1995
145
Aesop's Fables (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2000
146
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
1996
147
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester)
2000
148
Sam and the Tigers
1996
149
The Hired Hand
1997
150
Goin' Someplace Special (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack)
2001
151
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses
1998
152
Noah's Ark (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2002
153
Journeys with Elijah
1999
154
The Nightingale (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2002
155
Aesop's Fables
2000
156
The Old African (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester)
2005
157
Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD (By: Jerry Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, Myles C. Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney)
2005
158
Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream
2000
159
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ann Grifalconi)
2007
160
Goin' Someplace Special
2001
161
Noah's Ark
2002
162
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack)
2007
163
The Nightingale
2002
164
Sweethearts of Rhythm (By: Marilyn Nelson)
2009
165
A Starlit Snowfall (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard)
2011
166
God Bless the Child
2003
167
The First Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
2012
168
The Old African
2005
169
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst)
2012
170
Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD
2005
171
Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me
2007
172
In Plain Sight (By: Jerry Pinkney, Richard Jackson)
2016
173
The Christmas Boot (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2016
174
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
2007
175
The Moon Over Star
2008
176
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barry Wittenstein)
2018
177
Sweethearts of Rhythm
2009
178
A Home in the Barn (By: Margaret Wise Brown, Jerry Pinkney)
2018
179
A Starlit Snowfall
2011
180
The Little Mermaid (By: Jerry Pinkney)
2020
181
A Walk in the Woods (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nikki Grimes)
2023
182
The First Adventures of Spider
2012
183
The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales
2012
184
In Plain Sight
2016
185
The Christmas Boot
2016
186
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
2018
187
A Home in the Barn
2018
188
Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations