D. Hiden Ramsey Library | The University of North Carolina at Asheville

July 21, 2000

Please join us for this first annual day-conference that
encourages and celebrates diversity in books for young people.

Dianne Johnson, Associate Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, is both a scholar of African American children's literature and a writer of children's books. Her works include The Best of the Brownies' Book (Oxford 1996), Presenting Laurence Yep (Twayne 1995), and a special issue of African American Review (Spring 1998) devoted to black children's literature and illustration, which she edited with Catherine Lewis. As Dinah Johnson, her books for children include Quinnie Blue (Henry Holt 2000), Sunday Week (Henry Holt 1999), and All Around Town (Henry Holt 1998).