Candy Dawson Boyd

**Candy Dawson Boyd** (an haife ta a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1946) marubuciya ce 'yar Amurka, mai fafutuka, kuma mai ilimi. Ita marubuciya ce ta littattafai sama da shida na yara waɗanda suka mayar da hankali kan matasan Baƙar fata-Amurka.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Boyd a shekarar 1946 a Chicago, Illinois . Sunan haihuwarta Marguerite Cecille Dawson. Iyayenta sune Mary Ruth Ridley da Julian Dawson. Boyd yana da 'yan'uwa biyu kuma ita ce babba a cikin ukun. Mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta sun rabu. Mahaifiyarta ta rene Boyd. Suna zaune a Kudancin Chicago . Boyd ya halarci makarantun firamare da na tsakiya masu bambancin launin fata . Laburaren da ta yi amfani da shi shi ma an raba shi. An yi amfani da littattafan laburare daga makarantun fararen fata waɗanda ba sa son su. Ta kammala karatun sakandare a shekarar 1962. 

Bayan kammala karatun sakandare ta tafi Jami'ar Northeastern Illinois . Ta daina karatu a kwaleji don shiga cikin Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil'adama .  Ta yi aiki a Taron Jagorancin Kiristocin Kudancin .  Daga ƙarshe ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko a 1967 tare da digirinta na farko a fannin Fasaha . Bayan kammala karatun, Boyd ta koyar a gida a Chicago. Ta koma Berkeley, California a 1971 kuma ta fara aiki don samun digiri na biyu. Ta sami digiri na biyu a 1978. Ta sami digirin Ph.D a 1982.  Duk digirin sun fito ne daga Jami'ar California, Berkeley .  Boyd kuma ya yi aiki a Rainbow/PUSH .

## Sana'a
A lokacin da take koyarwa a California, ta fara damuwa game da rashin ingantattun littattafai ga yara. Ta fara rubuta littattafan yara . Ta ɗauki azuzuwan rubutu na yara a ɗakin karatu na jama'a na Berkeley . Daga nan ta fara aiki na cikakken lokaci wajen horar da malamai. Tun daga shekarar 2007, tana aiki a matsayin darektan Karatu da Fasahar Harshe a Kwalejin Saint Mary ta California . Ita ce Baƙar fata ta farko da ta yi aiki a Saint Mary's. Boyd ya sake ta. Tana zaune a Chicago.

### Rubutu
Boyd tana rubuta littattafan yara waɗanda suke "wahayi, tabbatacce, kuma masu gaskiya." Daga cikin jigogi a cikin aikinta akwai soyayya, abota, mutuwa, ƙi, alhakin kai, kula da wasu, da kuma jure wa gazawa. Yawancin littattafanta sun fi mayar da hankali kan matasan Baƙar fata-Amurka kuma suna da nufin yaƙi da ra'ayoyin baƙar fata-Amurkawa .  Littattafan ta kuma suna jan hankali daga gogewarta a cikin Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil Adama. Littafinta na farko shine *A Circle of Gold.* An ba littafin lambar yabo ta Coretta Scott King . 

## Ganewa

* 1992, Farfesa na Shekara, Kwalejin St. Mary ta California 

## Ayyuka

* *Sandunan Burodi da Wuraren Albarka* . New York: Littattafan Simon & Schuster ga Matasan Masu Karatu (1985). 
* *Charlie Pippin* . New York: Littattafan Simon & Schuster don Matasan Masu Karatu (1987). ISBN&nbsp;
* *Chevrolet Asabar* . London: Puffin (1995). ISBN&nbsp;
* *Da'irar Zinariya* . New York: Scholastic (1984). ISBN&nbsp;
* *Baba, Baba, Ku Kasance a Nan* . New York: Philomel (1995). ISBN&nbsp;
* *Waƙar Daban-daban* . London: Puffin (1996). ISBN&nbsp;
* *Sirrin Kaka* . London: Puffin (1994). ISBN&nbsp;
* *Abokan Zamani* . Landan: Puffin (1986). ISBN&nbsp;
* (tare da Peter Afflerbach, James Beers, Camille Blachowicz, da Deborah Diffily) *Scott Foresman Karatu: Tafiya Mai Kyau* . Glenview: Scott Foresman & Co. (2000). ISBN&nbsp;

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