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2009 Jane Addams Children's Book Award Ceremony
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From: Griffith, Susan C <griff2sc_at_cmich.edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:40:07 -0400
The Jane Addams Peace Association and
the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
invite you to the
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
56th Annual Award Ceremony
Friday, October 16th at 2:30 PM
New York City
777 United Nations Plaza (2nd Floor) on the corner of 44th St. and 1st Ave.
Join us for a memorable afternoon of award presentation and responses by authors and illustrators. Come meet and talk with the honored guests, including Award winner Margarita Engle and honorees Anne Laurel Carter, Lucнa Gonzбlez, Lulu Delacre, Scott Reynolds Nelson and Marc Aronson. Enjoy a reception and an opportunity for book signing after formal presentation of the awards. All the award books will be available for purchase.
This event is free and open to all.
Reservations are not needed. Please come and enjoy!
The Award Winners
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, written and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola, Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, is the winner in the Books for Younger Children Category. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, is the winner in the Books for Older Children Category.
The Honor Books
Books for Younger Children: The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos, Story/Cuento Lucнa Gonzбlez, Illustrations/Illustraciones Lulu Delacre, published by Children's Book Press; Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad written and illustrated by James Rumford is a Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group; Books for Older Children: The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter, published by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press; Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry, by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson, published by National Geographic.
For additional information about the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards and a complete list of books honored since 1953, see www.janeaddamspeace.org
For more information about the Award event, contact JAPA Executive Director Linda B. Belle, 777 United Nations Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017-3521; 212-682-8830; japa_at_igc.org .
Received on Fri 02 Oct 2009 10:40:07 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:40:07 -0400
The Jane Addams Peace Association and
the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
invite you to the
Jane Addams Children's Book Award
56th Annual Award Ceremony
Friday, October 16th at 2:30 PM
New York City
777 United Nations Plaza (2nd Floor) on the corner of 44th St. and 1st Ave.
Join us for a memorable afternoon of award presentation and responses by authors and illustrators. Come meet and talk with the honored guests, including Award winner Margarita Engle and honorees Anne Laurel Carter, Lucнa Gonzбlez, Lulu Delacre, Scott Reynolds Nelson and Marc Aronson. Enjoy a reception and an opportunity for book signing after formal presentation of the awards. All the award books will be available for purchase.
This event is free and open to all.
Reservations are not needed. Please come and enjoy!
The Award Winners
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai, written and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola, Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, is the winner in the Books for Younger Children Category. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, is the winner in the Books for Older Children Category.
The Honor Books
Books for Younger Children: The Storyteller's Candle/La velita de los cuentos, Story/Cuento Lucнa Gonzбlez, Illustrations/Illustraciones Lulu Delacre, published by Children's Book Press; Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad written and illustrated by James Rumford is a Neal Porter Book/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group; Books for Older Children: The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter, published by Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press; Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry, by Scott Reynolds Nelson with Marc Aronson, published by National Geographic.
For additional information about the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards and a complete list of books honored since 1953, see www.janeaddamspeace.org
For more information about the Award event, contact JAPA Executive Director Linda B. Belle, 777 United Nations Plaza, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10017-3521; 212-682-8830; japa_at_igc.org .
Received on Fri 02 Oct 2009 10:40:07 PM CDT
