Simmons News

The latest Simmons magazine explains that Cathie is heading the 2009 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Committee! Barbara Elleman is also on the crew.

If you don't remember, the honor is a sort of lifetime achievement award. Past winners:

2007: James Marshall
2005: Laurence Yep
2003: Eric Carle
2001: Milton Meltzer
1998: Russell Freedman
1995: Virginia Hamilton
1992: Marcia Brown
1989: Elizabeth George Speare
1986: Jean Fritz
1983: Maurice Sendak
1980: Theodor S. Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
1975: Beverly Cleary
1970: E. B. White
1965: Ruth Sawyer
1960: Clara Ingram Judson
1954: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Head North

The shortlist for the YA Canadian Book Award is up. I'm going to check library availability for some of their past award winners and add them to the WishList. One of my first classes at Simmons was on Canadian Children's Lit--JLiz and me! They've got some excellent authors up there.

Oooh; I'll look into Aussie ones, too.

Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, Sibert, etc., Awards announced

Our next several books have to be from this list, right? I want to read them all!