Children’s author Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming has received a number of accolades this year, breaking barriers for diversity in children’s books. Brown Girl Dreaming, a memoir, won this year’s National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category. Jacqueline Woodson discussed Brown Girl Dreaming on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry Show last week. Brown Girl Dreaming reveals the childhood and coming of age of Jacqueline Woodson during the 1960s and 70s. The story is set in the places where Woodson grew up: Columbus, Ohio, Greenville, South Carolina and Brooklyn, New York. NPR recently interviewed Jacqueline Woodson about details of her life in Brown Girl Dreaming . Brown Girl Dreaming has been named among the New York Times’ Notable Children’s Books of 2014. Jacqueline Woodson is the author of 27 other titles, including picture books, books for middle grade readers and young adult books. Woodson has previously been honored with The Newberry Honor
