1. Welcome to the 40 th Annual Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast Chicago, Illinois 2009

2. Authors Kadir Nelson Joyce Carol Thomas Carole Boston Weatherford Hope Anita Smith

3. Illustrators Floyd Cooper Kadir Nelson Sean Qualls Jerry Pinkney Shadra Strickland

4. Remembering Dr. E.J. Josey 1924 - 2009

5. 1970 Award Presenter Sylvia Drew Ivie Presenter of the FIRST Coretta Scott King Book Award

6. Musical Prelude Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Shari Addison

7. Invocation Rev. Lawrence J. Clark St. Mark Lutheran Church

8. Greetings Jim Rettig ALA President

9. Enjoy your Breakfast !

10. Public Awareness Andrea Davis Pinkney Chair, Public Awareness Campaign Vice President, Executive Editor Scholastic Trade

11. Logos

12. Curtain Raiser Satia Orange & Fran Ware Deborah Taylor Andrea Davis Pinkney Arnold Adoff Deborah Taylor Arnold Adoff, Mary Cooper

13. Lift Every Voice Art Art by Kadir Nelson

14. Today’s Show 2009 Caldecott Medal winner Beth Krommes 2009 Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman Coretta Scott King Book Award Committee Chair Deborah Taylor Today Show host Al Roker

15. Media

16. The Horn Book

17. Tribute

18. The 2009 Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury

19. Jurors Carole J. McCollough Jury Chair Assoc Professor of LIS, Retired Wayne State University Southfield, MI Brenda M. Hunter Atlanta, GA Martha Ruff Oxon Hill Library Oxon Hill, MD Jonda McNair Asst. Prof.Of Reading Education Clemson University School Of Education Clemson, SC Alan R. Bailey Asst. Professor Teaching Resources Center, Joyner Library East Carolina University Greenville, NC Eunice Anderson Neighborhood Library Services Division Baltimore, MD Robin Smith Nashville, TN Darwin Henderson Assoc. Professor of Education University of Cincinnati College of Education Cincinati, OH

20. The John Steptoe New Talent Award 2009 Shadra Strickland

21. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Honor Recipient Kadir Nelson

22. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Honor Recipient Jerry Pinkney

23. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Honor Recipient Sean Qualls

24. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Honor Recipient Hope Anita Smith

25. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Honor Recipient Joyce Carol Thomas

26. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Honor Recipient Carole Boston Weatherford

27. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Winner Floyd Cooper

28. 2009 Awards Sponsor DEMCO Illustrator Honorarium

29. 2009 Awards Sponsor World Book Illustrator Honorarium

30. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Illustrator Winner Floyd Cooper

31. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Winner Kadir Nelson

32. 2009 Awards Sponsor Encyclopædia Britannica Author Honorarium

33. The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Author Winner Kadir Nelson

34. Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award The Coretta Scott King

35. Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Committee The Coretta Scott King Barbara Jones Clark, Chair Coordinator, Media & Enrichment Services Birmingham, Michigan Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy Associate Professor School of Library & Information Sciences North Carolina Central University

36. Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Committee The Coretta Scott King Loretta Dowell Manager, Fisher Children’s Center San Francisco Public Library Ginny Moore Kruse Emerita Director, Cooperative Children’s Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison

37. Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Committee The Coretta Scott King Sandra Payne Assistant Director for Education Outreach New York Public Library

38. Two Award Categories Authors and/or Illustrators Category (even years, 2010, 2012, 2014…) Practitioners Category (odd years, 20 11, 2013, 2015…. ) The Coretta Scott King

39. Where to Find Information (www.ala.org/csk ) for recipient criteria (both categories) and Practitioner nomination formwww.ala.org/csk Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) The Coretta Scott King Book Awards The Coretta Scott King

40. Video

41. 10 th Annual Jump at the Sun Scholarship Award Presented by Andrea Pinkney

42. Scholarship Award Essay Competition Ms. Brianna S. Bennett, Grade 8, Barbara A. Sizemore Academy, Chicago, IL

43. Online Resources www.ala.org/csk Home of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards www.twitter.com/ala_cskba

44. Online Resources

45. Closing Remarks

46. Our Thanks! Satia Orange Director, OLOS

47. A Poem to Commemorate Arnold Adoff

48. Thank You! To learn more or become a member of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee www.ala.org/csk