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How can u win it?. Winners. The National Book Award for Young Children’s Literature. 2009 Winner: Phillip Hoose. Check out these writing tips from an award winning author!!!!!!!. A Few Winners…. Spotlight Winner:. Spotlight Winner:.
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How can u win it? Winners The National Book Award for Young Children’s Literature 2009 Winner: Phillip Hoose Check out these writing tips from an award winning author!!!!!!!
A Few Winners… Spotlight Winner:
Spotlight Winner: About the Author: Kimberly Willis Holt is an author that writes with skill and ease. She writes in a way that feels like you are standing in front of her listening to her talk, rather than reading her words. She inserts wit and humor that are subtle yet hilarious. She writes about serious topics in an interesting and light way. About the Book: The book is about a 13 year old boy named Toby and his friend, Cal, who live in a small town in Texas. They decide to stand in line to meet the fattest boy in the world and this ends up changing their lives forever. The book writes about challenges in life relating to family, friendship, love , and loss. It is a page-turner. Be prepared that once you start reading you won’t want to stop until the end! If you like this author…
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What is it? • The National Book Award for Young People’s Literature is an award given yearly by the National Book Foundation. The foundation has been giving this award since 1996. The National Book Foundation gives their award and a $10,000 cash prize to an American Young Children’s Author who writes in a way that will expand their reading audience and enhance cultural values.
Award Criteria and Process • A panel of five authors, that also write Young Children’s Literature, decide who will win each year. The potential winners are nominated by publishers. The winner can come from any genre. The judges simply look for an American author who writes well and makes young people want to read.
Sources • http://www.powells.com/prizes/national_kids.html • http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2009_ypl_hoose.html • http://www.nationalbook.org/aboutus_history.html • http://www.nationalbook.org/selection_process.html • http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html • http://www.kimberlywillisholt.com/writingtips.html • http://www.kimberlywillisholt.com/home.html • http://www.philliphoose.com/index.html • http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/flashlightreaders/main.asp?pageid=1&bookpass=2&s=1 • http://www.pollyhorvath.com/canning.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41E01hqcjyE • http://books.google.com/books?id=og69rNiP8EcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Penderwicks:+A+Summer+Tale+of+Four+Sisters,+Two+Rabbits,+and+a+Very+Interesting+Boy&source=bl&ots=Yaxt4KvfcO&sig=Skfc71tLBH1eKj8PObqwlAly3Ao&hl=en&ei=xXpvS4yrOIWWtgf8-amOBg&sa=X&oi=bo