Love Those Awards #4

Pitch Black: Don't be Skerd

by Youme Landowne and Anthony Horton

Youme Landowne is one of the most courageous and interesting people we know. She's fearless. She travels all over the world, collaborating with children and adults on art and humanitarian work. She feels that part of her art is listening, and she opens herself up to listen to people others might not care to hear. That's how the story of Pitch Black began, when she decided to listen to Anthony Horton, a resident of the New York City subway underground, a man who clearly needed someone to lend an ear. Thus began a two-year collaboration which ended in this remarkable graphic novel, our first and the winner of many prizes.

Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2009, YALSA

Skipping Stones Honor Award

Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2009
(Bank Street Books is the wonderful children's bookstore on the upper west side of NYC near Bank Street College and Columbian University. It's the place to go on-line or in person if you want to know what's happening in literature for young readers.)