The language arts and literacy education program at Penn State Altoona presents its own children's literature awards each semester. This group should assist the members of the class to post calls for nominations, nominations, and final award decisions.
Dear Albert Whitman & Company, This letter is for Diane Burton Robb. I was unable to locate her address and contact information. I am a college student at Penn State and did a project with The Alp...
Dear Carol Diggory Shields, Congratulations on winning The Tinkerbell Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry. Although this is not a nationally recognized award, this is a very important awar...
March 6, 2008 Dear Mrs. Schachner, My name is Kiley Green and I am writing to inform you that you have won the Laughs and Giggles Award. This award was created for a class project in the Elemen...
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Dear Heinz Janish Congratulations! Your children's book, "Heave Ho!" is being awarded the Bernard D. Carroll Award for Teamwork and Sportsmanship. This award was created by me, Taryn Carroll, for...
Dear Mary Bahr, Congratulations! Your book, If Nathan Were Here was chosen as the award winner of the "Lori J Mai Award for Children's Literature about Dealing with Serious Life Issues." The awa...
Dear Mem Fox, March 6 , 2008 Hello! My name is Kimberly Cramer. I am a college student at Penn State Altoona. It is located in the United States, in Pennsylvania. I am studying to become a...
The Tinkerbell Award for Excellence in Children's Poetry is about books that contain stories written through the use of poems. Poetry is not commonly used in classrooms and maintains a negative co...
The Jason Baker award is to be given to books that portray children effectively dealing with their emotions. When children do not understand why they feel the way they do and do not learn how to ma...
The Bernard D. Carroll Award for Teamwork and Sportsmanship is to be given to the book in which the characters develop by putting aside differences and work together to accomplish a common goal. T...
This award recognizes book illustrators and their illustrations of which tend to be taken for granted by readers. The visual arts can be very important literary elements of literature, especially i...
The Lori J Mai award for Children's Literature about Dealing with Serious Life Issues will be awarded to a book that will best help children to learn and understand about serious life issues. The b...
The Kira Elizabeth Award for excellence in Children's Literature about growing up will be awarded to the author who provides guidance to a child that is going through the trials and tribulations of...
The "The Break-A-Leg Award for Excellence in Drama and the Arts" will be awarded to a children's book that highlights some aspect of Drama or the Arts. In Shelby A. Wolf's book, "Interpreting Liter...
The Anthony Baney Award for excelling in the demonstration of children overcoming retention and/or struggling to learn to read and write. Wolf says that "a child will lean on the language of an aut...
The Laughs and Giggles Award goes out to books that can make children laugh. How does the saying go, "laughter is the best medicine"? Children today are forced to grow up way too fast and need some...
The Tortoise Award for Excellence in Children's Literature celebrating struggle, hard work, and perseverance is to be given to the picture book that best portrays a character who never gives up, wh...
The Special Kids Award for children with exceptionalities and disabilities is an award for the special needs children in the world. The award is specifically to help the special needs children deal...
The Emma Diehl Award for celebrating strong family values in an African American children picture book. This award will go to a children's book that shows strong family values while going through a...
The Baker Award for Excellence in Children's Literature on Helping Children Deal with Their Parents Divorce will be awarded to the author who has the best guidance on helping children deal with div...
