The Hundred Penny Box received a Newbery Honor Award and is a recipient of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and also an American Library Association Notable Children's Book.
Her book Ray Charles, a nonfiction biography of Ray Charles, received the Coretta Scott King Award. Mathis has written many books for children and young adults, and has received many accolades in her career. In 1958, she earned a degree in Sociology from Morgan State College and, in 1975, went on to earn a master's in Library Science from the Catholic University of America. Her mother, a poet, encouraged her to write. She started writing at an early age, and her love of reading was fostered by her parents.
Mathis was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sharon Bell Mathis (born 1937) is an American librarian and author who has written books mainly for children and young adults.
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