Children's Book Prizes

, by Allen, Ruth

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ISBN: 9781859282373 | 1859282377
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/1/1998

Children's Book Prizes > ISBN13: 9781859282373

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Preface

(1)

Acknowledgements

(2)

Abbreviations

xii

Part I: Introduction

(16)

1 About this book

(6)

2 Books and children

(10)

Part II: The Awards

(230)

3 The Newbery Medal (USA)

(27)

4 The Carnegie Medal (UK)

(24)

5 The Caldecott Medal (USA)

(20)

6 The Kate Greenaway Medal (UK)

(16)

7 Choosing the best in the field -- The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

106

(16)

8 Not just pretty pictures -- awards for illustration

122

(6)

9 Coming from another angle -- awards with special intentions

128

(30)

10 Commercial breaks -- awards sponsored by big business

158

(24)

11 Around the world -- English-language children's book awards in Australia, Canada, Eire/Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa

182

(67)

Part III: The Right Decision

249

(28)

12 Did the right book always win?

249

(8)

13 What the authors and artists say

257

(11)

14 What the critics and librarians say

268

(5)

15 Some conclusions

273

(4)

Index

277

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