Annal:1995 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Results of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards in the year 1995. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Young Adult books
- Young Adult authors
Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack
- 1995 CS King-Author winner
- Score: 10.45
The year is 1859, and it's Christmastime on a Virginia Plantation. The slaves are cleaning and setting up the Big House - where their masters live - for the festivities. The Big House is filled with warmth, colorful decorations, and yummy food... but there is talk of war and a sense that times may be changing. In the quarters - where the slaves live - conditions are poor, dirty, and cold, but the slaves are filled with hope for better times ahead, and they sing songs of freedom.
Moving deftly between two worlds, this beautifully illustrated book is a historical tale as well as a holiday treat.
