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From: Kathleen Horning <bogus_at_does.not.exist.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:15:22 -0600
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is awarded every three years to a U.S. author or illustrator whose books have made a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." This year's winner, Russell Freedman, has been writing excellent nonfiction for children for nearly four decades. His first book, "Teenagers Who Made History,"
(Holiday,1961) grew out of research he did for a newspaper article about Louis Braille.
In more recent years, Freedman has published several biographies that make use of documentary photographs, such as "Lincoln: A Photobiography"
(Clarion, 1987); "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane"
(Holiday, 1991); "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery" (Clarion, 1994); and "Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor" (Clarion, 1994).
What are some of the ways these books (or any other books by Russell Freedman) have made a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature?
Kathleen T. Horning (khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
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Received on Mon 30 Mar 1998 03:15:22 PM CST
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:15:22 -0600
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal is awarded every three years to a U.S. author or illustrator whose books have made a "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children." This year's winner, Russell Freedman, has been writing excellent nonfiction for children for nearly four decades. His first book, "Teenagers Who Made History,"
(Holiday,1961) grew out of research he did for a newspaper article about Louis Braille.
In more recent years, Freedman has published several biographies that make use of documentary photographs, such as "Lincoln: A Photobiography"
(Clarion, 1987); "The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane"
(Holiday, 1991); "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery" (Clarion, 1994); and "Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor" (Clarion, 1994).
What are some of the ways these books (or any other books by Russell Freedman) have made a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature?
Kathleen T. Horning (khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706
(608)&3930
Received on Mon 30 Mar 1998 03:15:22 PM CST
