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Awarded annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. [8] Boston Globe-Horn Book Award: The Boston Globe/The Horn Book Magazine: 1967 Given annually in the categories Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. The latter two awards may be either children’s or young adult works.
Insideschools was founded in 2002 to provide independent insight into New York City public schools and information about the New York City Department of Education. [1] The site includes reviews of the more than 1,400 public schools in the city, information on how to navigate the NYC Department of Education bureaucracy, advice columns that address readers' questions, forums for parents and ...
The Alex Awards were named for twentieth-century American librarian Margaret "Alex" Edwards. [7] They are awarded annually to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults. [8] The Alex Awards were first given in 1998. The Edwards Award was named for twentieth-century American librarian Margaret A. Edwards. [7]
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.
The official name of the award approved in 1986 was unusually long even with initialisms, "The SLJ Young Adult Author Award/Selected and Administered by the ALA's YASD". In the 1988 and 1990 award citations as presented online decades later, it is called the "Young Adult Services Division/ School Library Journal Author Achievement Award".
In 1976, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs was established as a separate city agency, headed by the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, who is appointed by the Mayor. [ 4 ] Its programs include Materials for the Arts , a large facility in Long Island City that distributes free reused supplies to arts organizations (in partnership ...
It was named for twentieth-century American publisher William C. Morris (born 1928 or 1929 and raised up in Eagle Pass, Texas, died Sept 28, 2003 in Manhattan), whom YALSA calls an innovator and "an influential innovator in the publishing world and an advocate for marketing books for children and young adults". [3] The award is funded by the ...
Jane Addams Children's Book Award; 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"