Education: Pepperdine University, BA, 1971 Miami University of Ohio, MA, 1974.Ĭareer: Cincinnati Public Schools, teacher, 1970-97 author, 1991-,Īwards: Coretta Scott King Genesis award for Literature, 1995 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults award, 1995 Ohio State Teacher of the Year, 1997 U.S.
They read and At a Glance …īorn in 1952 in Cleveland, OH daughter of Victor Mills (a hotel manager) and Catherine Mills (newspaper administrator) married Larry Draper, 1971. ” A fifth grade teacher gave Draper and her fellow students poetry by Langston Hughes and Robert Frost. She recalled a teacher who once “gave me O ’s for outstanding, saying an A wasn't good enough. Her mother read stories, poems, fairytales, and nursery rhymes to Draper and her siblings from the time they were very young. Draper entered Cleveland Public Schools in the 1950s from a home where she had grown up surrounded by books. She credited her family and early schooling with giving her the gift of an unlimited love of learning. Sharon Draper ’s vision, in the classroom and as she wrote, has been to challenge young people to embrace learning without limits and without hesitation. Schools and schooling were always considered an open door through which the three Mills children were expected to walk with success. Reading and the learning that naturally flowed from written words surrounded Draper and her siblings. In her home, books were part of everyday life.
The question was not “would you attend college, it was where and to study what, ” Draper said. Theirs was a family where education was a given. Her father worked as a hotel manager and her mother as an administrator at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Choosing African-American male characters has been Draper ’s way of giving the power of words to African-American young men.īorn to Victor and Catherine Mills in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, Draper was the eldest of three children raised in a close-knit neighborhood. Her published work, including two young adult novels, a series of juvenile fiction, and two collections of poetry has been grounded in the conviction that books could and must speak to the lives and dreams of young readers. ” As a teacher who has also become a writer she has testified to the value of story and the power of words to generations of students. It is in my heart and soul part of the definition of me. Draper said that teaching has been her “calling and vocation, ” describing herself as a teacher who “teaches because I must. Teacher of the Year, Sharon Draper has introduced thousands of children and young people to the world of words.
As an author, poet, and master educator named 1997 U.S.
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