From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2001 14:36:04 -0600

Congratulations to KEVIN HENKES for being named a Notable Wisconsin Author by the Wisconsin Library Association at its annual conference this fall !

The guidelines for this particular achievement refer to residency past or current - and to "a work or works which are a contribution to the world of literature and ideas."

This distinction also points out the literary heritage of Wisconsin.


Until recently the decision was made by the WLA Literary Awards Committee. The WLA Children's Book Award Committee now has the responsibility.

We're delighted that Kevin Henkes's extraordinary gifts as a writer and artist of enormously popular picture books and wonderfully developed novels have been formally acknowledged in this new way. Find out more about him and his works by visiting the HarperCollins web page featuring him and his books: http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/author/henkes/ or the CCBC web page devoted to his works: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisauth/henkes/main.htm

OTHER NOTABLE WISCONSIN AUTHORS The children's and young adult authors named as Notable Wisconsin Authors in previous years are: Laura Ingalls Wilder (1973), Sterling North (1975), Mel Ellis (1978), Marguerite Henry (1978), Marie Hall Ets (1979), Ellen Raskin (1981), Maureen Daly (1982), Helen Josephine Ferris (1983), Beverly Butler (1984), Elizabeth Enright (1989), Florence Parry Heide (1991), Frances Hamerstrom (1992), Anne Pellowski
(1992), Virginia Kahl (1993), David Kherdian (1994), Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1995), George Shannon (1996), Lorna Balian (1997), Lois Ehlert (1998), Nathan Aaseng (1999), and Kathleen Krull (2000).

Some of the authors of literature written for adult readers who also have been officially designated as "Notable Wisconsin Authors" wrote one or more books enjoyed or published for young readers. They include August Derleth, Robert Gard, Thornton Wilder, Roy Chapman Andrews, Walter Havighurst, Ben Logan, and Carl Sandburg.

Even if you don't have a specific Wisconsin "connection," perhaps the above names or lists will encourage you to think about the literary heritage of your own region or state. Consider what can be done to make that heritage increasingly visible and valued by today's and tomorrow's citizens of all ages.

RELATED CCBC RESOURCES Ever since the CCBC opened its doors in 1963 this library has collected and disseminated information about:

1) New and earlier books written and/or illustrated by current or past Wisconsin residents;

2) Some of the authors and artists of these books http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisauth/index.htm ;

3) Current residents willing to make author/artist appearances in schools and libraries http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/public2.htm#wisconsin book creators;

4 Wisconsin themes and topics in children's/young adult books, regardless of who wrote them http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisc/about.htm ;

5) Native Peoples of Wisconsin in books for children and teenagers http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/bibs/wisind.htm ; and

6) The Westing Game Manuscript http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/wisauth/raskin/intro.htm .

Or just visit the CCBC web site www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ (click on site index, and scroll down to Wisconsin Resources) to find out more about information created for the CCBC web site or about CCBC print publications relating to the above six types of information.

Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706 General Phone: 608&3720 General Fax: 608&2I33
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