Celebration and Mortification Department

Celebration and Mortification Department:

In our January issue, a title was accidentally omitted from the 2019 Blue Ribbons Nonfiction list. We deeply regret the error, as it’s a wonderful title that richly deserves its honor. Here’s the entry:

Bryan, Ashley. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace; written and illus. by Ashley Bryan and with photographs. Dlouhy/Atheneum, 2019. Gr. 7-12.

The legendary author/illustrator turns his gaze to his World War II experience in the US, UK, and France in this fascinating nontraditional narrative comprising his wartime letters and artwork with some added explanation and period images; it’s a very personal take on war from a man who was inspired by his experience to study peace (November).