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1998 Charlotte Zolotow Award, Honor Book and Commended List
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From: Kathleen T. Horning <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:33:17 -0600
The following information is available on the CCBC website
(www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/).
You are welcome to reprint this announcement in newsletters and other sources available to you. March 9, 1998: Madison, WI -- Vera B. Williams, author of Lucky Song published by Greenwillow Books, is the first winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for picture book text, given by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The award will be officially presented on October 1, 1998, at the time of the first Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, an annual event at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Lucky Song's understated, lyrical text employs a comforting pattern to suggest the necessities in a young child's life: clothing, food, shelter, a place to run and play, artistic expression, and the attention of loving adults. Set against the backdrop of a typical daily routine in an extended family, the universal, child?ntered story is structured to invite repeated readings. Williams created the full-color art for this 28-page picture book edited by Susan Hirschman.
The award committee named on Honor Book, Don't Laugh, Joe, by Keiko Kasza (Putnam), a humorous contemporary cautionary tale about a little possum who has difficulty taking his mother seriously when she tries to teach him an important survival skill. Kasza's self-illustrated story, edited by Refna Wilkin, has enormous child-appeal and ends with a satisfying twist.
Established in 1998, the award is named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children's book editor for 38 years with Harper Junior Books, and author of more than 65 picture books, including such classic works as Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (Harper, 1962) and William's Doll (Harper, 1972). Ms. Zolotow attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison on a writing scholarship from 1933 to 1936 where she studied with Professor Helen C. White.
The award committee also cited six titles as Highly Commended: Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover Party by Bernard Waber (Houghton); Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells (Dial); Country Fair by Elisha Cooper
(Greenwillow); If You Were Born a Kitten by Marion Dane Bauer (Simon & Schuster); Ma Dear's Aprons by Patricia C. McKissack (Anne Schwartz/Atheneum); and Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming (Holt).
Members of the 1998 Award Committee were: Kathleen T. Horning, Chair
(librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center); Margaret Jensen (1st and 2nd grade teacher, Huegel Elementary School); Helen Julius
(preschool teacher, Luther Memorial Church Child Development Center); Megan Schliesman (librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center); Laureen Yoshino (librarian, Midvale Elementary School, K-2); and Ginny Moore Kruse, ex officio (Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center), all from Madison, Wisconsin, and all members of the Friends of the CCBC, Inc.
The Cooperative Children's Book Center is a non-circulating library with collections and information services for adults with an academic, professional, or career interest in children's and young adult literature. The Friends of the CCBC, Inc., is a non-profit organization offering a quarterly newsletter, complimentary copy of the annual publication CCBC Choices, lectures, speaker receptions, book sales and other benefits for members, as well as assistance to the CCBC.
For further information, contact: Kathleen T. Horning, Cooperative Children's Book Center, 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706; phone 608/263930; e-mail
(khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu). For Lucky Song jacket art or author photo, contact: Tracy van Straaten, Publicity Manager, William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019; phone 212/261g96.
Received on Mon 16 Mar 1998 02:33:17 PM CST
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:33:17 -0600
The following information is available on the CCBC website
(www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/).
You are welcome to reprint this announcement in newsletters and other sources available to you. March 9, 1998: Madison, WI -- Vera B. Williams, author of Lucky Song published by Greenwillow Books, is the first winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for picture book text, given by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The award will be officially presented on October 1, 1998, at the time of the first Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, an annual event at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Lucky Song's understated, lyrical text employs a comforting pattern to suggest the necessities in a young child's life: clothing, food, shelter, a place to run and play, artistic expression, and the attention of loving adults. Set against the backdrop of a typical daily routine in an extended family, the universal, child?ntered story is structured to invite repeated readings. Williams created the full-color art for this 28-page picture book edited by Susan Hirschman.
The award committee named on Honor Book, Don't Laugh, Joe, by Keiko Kasza (Putnam), a humorous contemporary cautionary tale about a little possum who has difficulty taking his mother seriously when she tries to teach him an important survival skill. Kasza's self-illustrated story, edited by Refna Wilkin, has enormous child-appeal and ends with a satisfying twist.
Established in 1998, the award is named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, a distinguished children's book editor for 38 years with Harper Junior Books, and author of more than 65 picture books, including such classic works as Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (Harper, 1962) and William's Doll (Harper, 1972). Ms. Zolotow attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison on a writing scholarship from 1933 to 1936 where she studied with Professor Helen C. White.
The award committee also cited six titles as Highly Commended: Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover Party by Bernard Waber (Houghton); Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells (Dial); Country Fair by Elisha Cooper
(Greenwillow); If You Were Born a Kitten by Marion Dane Bauer (Simon & Schuster); Ma Dear's Aprons by Patricia C. McKissack (Anne Schwartz/Atheneum); and Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming (Holt).
Members of the 1998 Award Committee were: Kathleen T. Horning, Chair
(librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center); Margaret Jensen (1st and 2nd grade teacher, Huegel Elementary School); Helen Julius
(preschool teacher, Luther Memorial Church Child Development Center); Megan Schliesman (librarian, Cooperative Children's Book Center); Laureen Yoshino (librarian, Midvale Elementary School, K-2); and Ginny Moore Kruse, ex officio (Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center), all from Madison, Wisconsin, and all members of the Friends of the CCBC, Inc.
The Cooperative Children's Book Center is a non-circulating library with collections and information services for adults with an academic, professional, or career interest in children's and young adult literature. The Friends of the CCBC, Inc., is a non-profit organization offering a quarterly newsletter, complimentary copy of the annual publication CCBC Choices, lectures, speaker receptions, book sales and other benefits for members, as well as assistance to the CCBC.
For further information, contact: Kathleen T. Horning, Cooperative Children's Book Center, 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706; phone 608/263930; e-mail
(khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu). For Lucky Song jacket art or author photo, contact: Tracy van Straaten, Publicity Manager, William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019; phone 212/261g96.
Received on Mon 16 Mar 1998 02:33:17 PM CST
