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Get Set, Ready Now, Jump Right In!

Get Set, Ready Now, Jump Right In!. NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Beverly N. Bullock MLIS 5040 April 24, 2010. NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Who? National Council of Teachers of English What?

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Get Set, Ready Now, Jump Right In!

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  1. Get Set, Ready Now, Jump Right In! NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Beverly N. Bullock MLIS 5040 April 24, 2010

  2. NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children • Who? • National Council of Teachers of English • What? • Award to honor a living American poet for his or her entire life-time of poetry writing for children • Why? • Writing excellent poetry for children ages 3 to 13 years old • When? • Well. . . that depends.

  3. David McCord, 1977 Aileen Fisher, 1978 Karla Kuskin, 1979 Myra Cohn Livingston, 1980 Eve Merriam, 1981 John Ciardi, 1982 Lillian Moore, 1985 Arnold Adoff, 1988 Valerie Worth, 1991 Barbara Juster Esbensen, 1994 Eloise Greenfield, 1997 X. J. Kennedy, 2000 Mary Ann Hoberman, 2003 Nikki Grimes, 2006 Lee Bennett Hopkins, 2009 And the winner is . . .

  4. How? • Imagination • Voice • Entire poetry collection • Excellence • Appeal to children

  5. Some recent winners • Mary Ann Hoberman • 2003 • Nikki Grimes • 2006 • Lee Bennett Hopkins • 2009

  6. Jump Rope Rhyme Zuri Jackson. That’s my name. Count to three, it’s still the same. Turn the rope and watch me spin. Quick, Danitra! Jump on in! Nikki Grimes

  7. References • www.clipartof.com/details/clipart/80535.html • http://www.maryannhoberman.com/ • http://www.ncte.org/ • http://www.nikkigrimes.com/ • Vardell, S. (2006). Poetry aloud here. Chicago: American Library Association.

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