Showing posts with label Jesse Owens Foundation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jesse Owens Foundation. Show all posts

March 02, 2012

Enslow author, Jeff Burlingame, Wins NAACP Award


Author Jeff Burlingame
Enslow author, Jeff Burlingame, was on hand at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards ceremony held on February 17 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California to receive the award for Outstanding Literary Work in the Youth/Teens category.  This was the second year in a row that Mr. Burlingame was nominated for this award. Last year, he was nominated for another Enslow biography, Malcolm X: "I Believe in the Brotherhood of Man."


And the winner is...
You can read more about Jeff Burlingame and his experience at the awards ceremony here.

Jesse Owens: "I Always Loved Running" is part of Enslow's African-American Biography Library series.

 "An interesting and informative telling of the life of Jesse Owens. Engaging in content and format."
          –Marlene Owens Rankin, Managing Director, The Jesse Owens Foundation

ISBN: 978-0-7660-4397-6
School & Library Price: $23.95
Grades 6–up