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The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction is an annual American children's book award that recognizes historical fiction.It was established in 1982 by Scott O'Dell, author of Island of the Blue Dolphins and 25 other children's books, in hopes of increasing young readers' interest in the history that shaped their nation and their world.
These writers have won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" (one book). For articles on winning books see Category:Newbery Medal–winning works. The Medal was inaugurated in 1922 and there have been 103 Medals and winning ...
Children identified as twice exceptional can exhibit a wide range of traits, many of them typical of gifted children. Like those who are gifted, twice-exceptional children often show greater asynchrony than average children (that is, a larger gap between their mental age and physical age). They are often intense and highly sensitive to their ...
Per the NAGC, twice-exceptional children often find the school environment particularly difficult. “They can be highly creative, verbal, imaginative, curious, with strong problem-solving ability ...
Josette Frank Award, given by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education, formerly known as the "Children's Book Award" Newbery Medal, awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, of the American Library Association, was the first "children's book award" New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ...
The Newbery was proposed by Frederic G. Melcher in 1921, making it the first children's book award in the world. [3] [4]: 1 The physical bronze medal was designed by Rene Paul Chambellan and is given to the winning author at the next ALA annual conference. Since its founding there have been several changes to the composition of the selection ...
In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prize was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight's Children (the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in its first 25 years. Midnight's Children also won a public vote in 2008, on the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker".
Richard Michelson (born July 3, 1953) is a poet and a children's book author. In January 2009, As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom, was awarded the Sydney Taylor Book Award Gold Medal from the Association of Jewish Libraries, and A is for Abraham, was awarded the Silver Medal. This is ...