Novels
Taylor, Mildred
D. 2001, c1976. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reprinted (twenty-fifth anniversary edition). New York: Phyllis Fogelman
Books.
_______________. 1981. Let the Circle
Be Unbroken. New
York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
_______________. 1990. The Road to Memnphis.
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
_______________. 2001. The Land.
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Novellas
Taylor,
Mildred D. 1975. Song of the Trees. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. New
York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
_______________.1987.
The Friendship. Illustrated by Max Ginsburg. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
_______________.
1987. The Gold Cadillac. Illustrated by Michael Hays. New York: Dial
books for Young Readers.
_______________. 1990. Mississippi
Bridge. New York: Dial
Books for Young Readers.
_______________.1995. The Well.
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Awards
Taylor
has won many honors and awards. Some of the most prestigious are listed below.
Newbery Award for Roll of Thunder, Hear
My Cry, 1976
Coretta Scott
King Award, Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981), The Friendship (1987),
and The Road to Memphis (1990). (Taylor
won several Coretta Scott King Honor Awards for other books).
Council on
Interracial Books for Children Award, Song of the Trees, 1975
Jane Adams
Award, The Well, 1995
New York Times Outstanding Book, Song of the Trees (1975) and Let the Circle Be Unbroken
(1981)
Boston Globe\Horn Book Award, The Friendship, 1989
Buxtehude
Bulle Award (West Germany), Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,
1976.
ALAN Award,
1997
References:
Crowe, Chris.
1999. Presenting Mildred D. Taylor. New York: Twayne Publishers. ISBN:
0-8057-1687-4.
Gale Literary
Databases. 2005. Mildred D(elois) Taylor. http://galenet.galegroup.com. Accessed June 07, 2005.