Technique with colleague Ellin Green, which was published in 1987. Death and continued legacy After a long illness, Baker died at the age of 86 on February 23, 1998. Her legacy has remained even today, particularly through the "Baker’s Dozen: A Celebration of Stories" annual storytelling festival. Sponsored by the University of South Carolina College of Information and Communications and the Richland County Public Library, this festival originated in 1987 during Baker’s time at the University, and is celebrated still to this day. The College of Information and Communications also created an endowed chair bearing Baker's name in 2011. In 2019, Dr. Nicole A. Cooke was appointed the Augusta Baker Endowment Chair. When asked: "What do you tell your students when you conduct your workshops?" Baker stated: "I tell them what I've always said. Let the story tell itself, and if it is a good story and you have prepared it well, you do not need all the extras – the costumes, the histrionics, the high drama. Children of all ages do want to hear stories. Select well, prepare well, and then go forth, stand tall, and just tell." Her legacy also continues through the Augusta Baker Collection of Children's Literature and Folklore at the University of South Carolina. The collection, donated by her son, James H. Baker III, contains over 1,600 children's books, including materials from her personal and working library, as well as papers, illustrations, and anthologies of folktales Baker used during her career. Awards and honors First recipient of the E.P. Dutton-John Macrae Award (1953) Parents Magazine Medal Award (1966) ALA Grolier Award (1968) Women's National Book Association, Constance Lindsay Skinner Award (1971) Clarence Day Award (1975) Honorary ALA Membership (1975) Honorary Doctorate from St. John's University (1980) Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal (1981) Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Carolina (1986) Second recipient of ALSC Distinguished Service Award (1993) Bibliography From Janice M. Del Negro, former Editor of The Bulletin for Children's Books: Baker, Augusta. 1955. Talking tree; fairy tales from 15 lands. Illus. by Johannes Troyer. Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. Courlander, Harold. 1956. Uncle Bouqui, folk tales from Haiti; from Uncle Bouqui of Haiti. Read by Augusta Baker. Sound recording. Washington, DC: Folkways Records. Baker, Augusta. 1957. Books about Negro life for children. New York, NY: New York Public Library. Baker, Augusta, ed. 1960. Golden lynx, and other tales. Illus. by Johannes Troyer. Philadelphia,