Lee bennett hopkins award winning books
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Award Winning and Notable Children's Books PreK - 8
The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award was named for the internationally renowned educator, poet, anthologist and passionate advocate of poetry for young people. Established in 1993, the award is presented annually to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of poetry for children published in the previous calendar year. Selected by a panel of authors, librarians, teachers and scholars, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award was the first award of its kind in the United States. The Pennsylvania Center for the Book and the Penn State University Libraries share joint administration of the annual award. Beginning 2007-present, this award has been administered by Education Librarian at Penn State and Director of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Karla M. Schmit—and has been funded by the Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association (2007-2012), the Pennsylvania Center for
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Amazing Places
A collection of original poems that celebrate some of the amazingly diverse places in our nation. Readers of all ages will want to visit each amazing place again and again!
In this collection of original poems, acclaimed anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins brings together fourteen selections that celebrate through poetic imagery some of the amazingly diverse places in our nation. These include Denali National Park, the Oneida Nation Museum, San Francisco’s Chinatown, the Grand Canyon, the Ringling Circus Museum, Harlem, the Liberty Bell, Fenway Park, and more. The poems as a whole take readers on an exciting multiethnic travelogue around the United States and encourage a positiv appreciation of our country’s historical, environmental, and cultural heritage.
The inspiring and insightful poems were created bygd some of the best-known authors writing for children, including Alma Flor Ada, Jaime Ado
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'Welcome to the Wonder House' wins 2024 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State University Libraries and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book have announced the 2024 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, presented annually to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of poetry for children published in the previous calendar year. This year’s winner is “Welcome to the Wonder House,” written by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Georgia Heard, illustrated by Deborah Freedman, and published by Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers.
“‘Welcome to the Wonder House’ was a standout from the moment we read it,” said one judge. “The language and illustrations beautifully complement each other, which makes the book an absolute delight. The book of poetry divides the house into rooms that explore different STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) topics. The language of the book allowed me to visualize and reimagine m