Children's Book Award Handbook
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marks, Diana F. / Frey, Susanne, PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, Diana Marks looks at children's and young adult book awards in depth. ong>Theong> history, award criteria, and a biography of ong>theong> person behind each of ong>theong> well-known awards is included. Also of interest are lists of ong>theong> winners in each category, teaching and exploration activities, reproducible teaching aides, and a timeline of events leading up to ong>theong> establishment of ong>theong> award. Information about well-known awards is accompanied by information on ong>theong> lesser known, Pura Belpre, Jane Addams, etc. Information is formatted in quick, easy-to-read tables and charts suitable for classroom duplication. Although some of this information is available online, this is a "one stop" handbook that contains lesser-known awards, and offers activities for enriching ong>theong> study of each award, wheong>theong>r well-known or not. Grades K-8.