‘March’ Wins the National Book Award

March: Book Three, by Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell, has won the National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category. This is the first time a graphic novel has won a National Book Award. Publisher’s Weekly senior editor Calvin Reid was there, and he described Lewis’s tearful response, as he recalled being turned away from a rural Alabama library as a child: “I had a wonderful teacher in elementary school who told me, ‘Read, my child, read.’ And I tried to read everything.”

Here are some resources about the book:

Publisher’s catalog page for March: Book Three
Publisher’s catalog page for March: Book One, which includes a downloadable teacher’s guide and links to interviews and reviews
The National Book Award Finalist page, with short statements from the three co-authors
The March Facebook page, which notes upcoming author interviews and other events

Reviews

Esther Keller on March: Book One (Good Comics for Kids)
Esther Keller on March: Book Two (Good Comics for Kids)
Esther Keller on March: Book Three (Good Comics for Kids)
Sam Bloom on March: Book One (The Horn Book)
Dean Schneider on March: Book Two (The Horn Book)
Jonathan Hunt on March: Book Three (The Horn Book)
Brigid Alverson on March: Book Two (CBR)
Mahnaz Dar on March: Book Three (SLJ)
March: Book One (Kirkus)
March: Book Two (Kirkus)
March: Book Three (Kirkus)
March: Book One (Booklist)
March: Book Two (Booklist)
March: Book Three (Booklist)
Mark Richardson on March: Book One (No Flying, No Tights)
Michael Cavna on March: Book Three (Comic Riffs/The Washington Post)
Jerry Large on the March trilogy (Seattle Times)

Interviews and Feature Stories

“Five Questions for John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell” (The Horn Book)
Alex Dueben talks to co-author Andrew Aydin (CBR)
“A Comic Book for Social Justice: John Lewis” by Grace Bello (Publishers Weekly)
“ALA 2013: The Day Congressman John Lewis Got His Library Card” (Publishers Weekly)
Radio interview with all three creators: “Rep. John Lewis wants his graphic novel, ‘March,’ to inspire young activists” (KPCC/The Frame)
“John Lewis’s Long March: Why the Civil Rights leader is telling his story in a graphic novel” (The New Republic)
Interview with all three creators: “John Lewis Marches On: ‘Our struggle is a struggle to redeem the soul of America” (Slate)

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