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Charlotte Huck Award
The Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, established in 2014 and organized by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), is an annual American literary award for children's fiction books. According to NCTE, the "award recognizes fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder." The award honors Charlotte Huck Dr. Charlotte S. Huck (1922–2005) was an American author, university professor, and children's literature expert. The Charlotte Huck Children's Literature Festival at the University of Redlands is named in her honor. Also named in her honor, in ..., a former NCTE president and American author, university professor, and children's literature expert. Huck, who taught elementary school before joining the Faculty of Education at the Ohio State University, "believed that good literature should be at the heart and center of the elementary school curriculum." Given this belief, she es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Council Of Teachers Of English
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is a United States professional organization dedicated to "improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English." In addition, the NCTE describes its mission as follows: The NCTE is involved in publishing journals (such as ''College Composition and Communication'' and ''College English'') and books that address the concerns of English language arts educators. Since the 1970s, it has issued annual Doublespeak Awards and Orwell Awards. It also issues the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award History As stated on the official NCTE website, The National Council of Teachers of English was founded in 1911 by a group of educators in Chicago, Illinois, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Stop On Market Street
''Last Stop on Market Street'' is a 2015 children's book written by American author Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson, which won the 2016 Newbery Medal, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and a Caldecott Honor. The book follows a young boy named CJ as he learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things during a bus ride. De la Peña and Robinson both drew on personal experiences when working together to create the book. Through its story and illustrations, ''Last Stop on Market Street'' tackles issues of race and class as they may be seen through the eyes of a young teen. ''Last Stop on Market Street'' was met with widespread acclaim after its release, receiving positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews and the New York Times Book Review amongst many others. ''Last Stop on Market Streets Newbery win was monumental, as it is extremely rare for picture books to be awarded this medal. In 2018, the children's book was adapted into a children's musical which has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugee (Gratz Novel)
''Refugee'' is a young adult literature novel by Alan Gratz published by Scholastic Corporation in 2017. The book revolves around three main characters from three different eras: Nazi Germany, 1990s Cuba, and modern-day Syria. It follows Josef Landau, a German Jew in the 1930s, who tries to escape Germany to Cuba, Isabel Fernandez, a Cuban girl in 1994, who tries to escape Cuba's hunger crisis following the dissolution of the Soviet Union to the US, and Mahmoud Bishara, a Syrian youth in 2015 whose house gets destroyed by a missile and whose family decides to seek asylum in Germany. It has received positive reviews that praised its style and historical accuracy. It also made it to the NYTimes Best Seller list. Similar novels written by Alan Gratz also include Prisoner B-3087 and Allies. Characters Josef Landau Josef Landau, a Jewish boy, is 12 years old at the beginning of the book, living in Nazi Germany in 1938. Josef's story begins when Josef's father Aaron gets ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Yelchin
Eugene Yelchin (born Yevgeny Arkadievich Yelchin, , born October 18, 1956) is a Russian-American artist best known as an illustrator and writer of books for children. His novel '' Breaking Stalin's Nose'' was awarded a Newbery Honor in 2012. ''The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge'' he co-authored with M. T. Anderson was named National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature in 2018. His nephew was actor Anton Yelchin. Education and early career Yelchin was born in Leningrad, Russia, to a Jewish family. In 1979, Yelchin graduated from Leningrad State Theater Academy. From 1979 to 1983 he designed sets and costumes for leading Russian theater companies including Alexandrinsky (Pushkin's) Theater and Akimov Comedy Theater in Leningrad. In 1979–80, with a group of peers from the Theater Academy he co-founded Tomsk Children's Theater in Siberia. In 1983 Yelchin emigrated to the United States. In 1988 Yelchin graduated from the Southern California Film School in Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2018. Events *July – Stormzy's publisher imprint Merky Books is launched in London. *August 11 – Writer V. S. Naipaul, on his deathbed in London, has Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar" read to him by the newspaper editor Geordie Greig. *September 16 – Lady Mary Wroth's pastoral closet drama ''Love's Victory'' receives its first fully professional, publicly staged (filmed) performance, at Penshurst Place in England, where it was probably written about 1618. It is the first known original pastoral drama and thought to be the first original dramatic comedy to be written by a woman. *October 19 – The exhibition ''Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War'', opening at the British Library, includes the earliest surviving will of an Englishwoman. Written on "a small, stained sheet of parchment", the detailed testament of Wynflæd is thought to date from the mid- to late 10th century. *October 26 – Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolf Hollow (novel)
''Wolf Hollow'' is a young adult novel written by Lauren Wolk, published by Dutton Children's Books in 2016. It is set in rural western Pennsylvania during the autumn of 1943 and describes how the protagonist, Annabelle "learned how to lie" and "that what I said and what I did mattered" in relation to two interlopers in her life: the bully Betty Glengarry, and the mysterious drifter Toby. It was named a Newbery Honor book in 2016. Plot summary It is 1943. Eleven-year-old Annabelle lives with her parents, grandparents, Aunt Lily, and two little brothers in the small town of Wolf Hollow, Pennsylvania. A quiet World War I veteran named Toby lives in an abandoned smokehouse nearby. Annabelle’s mother is sympathetic to the man, who always carries three guns and seems troubled but harmless. Sometimes Mother leaves food for him. She even loans him a camera she won in a contest because he seems so interested in photography. Annabelle and Toby cross paths but have little interaction wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatem Aly
Hatem ( ar, حاتم) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to: Given name * Hatem Ali, Syrian actor * Hatem Ben Arfa, French football player of Tunisian descent * Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer * Hatem Ali Jamadar, Bengali politician * Hatem Trabelsi, Tunisian footballer * Hatem El Mekki, Tunisian painter. Surname * Abdulaziz Hatem, Qatari footballer * Jad Hatem, Lebanese poet * Shafick George Hatem (Ma Haide), Lebanese-American doctor {{surname Arabic-language surnames Arabic masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Dominguez
Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * ''Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver, in the novels of Agatha Christie * Oliver (Disney character) * Oliver Fish, a gay police officer on the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' * Oliver Hampton, in the American television series ''How to Get Away with Murder'' * Oliver Jones (''The Bold and the Beautiful''), on the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Oliver Lightload, in the movie ''Cars'' * Oliver Oken, from ''Hannah Montana'' * Oliver (paladin), a paladin featured in the Matter of France * Oliver Queen, DC Comic book hero also known as the Green Arrow * Oliver (Thomas and Friends character), a locomotive in the Thomas and Friends franchise * Oliver Trask, a controversial minor character from the first season of ''The O.C.'' * Oliver Twist (ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Curato
Mike Curato is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. His graphic novel, '' Flamer,'' received a Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 2021. Personal life Curato was born and raised in the suburbs of New York City and currently lives in Brooklyn. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University before moving to Seattle to pursue a career as a graphic designer. Selected works Little Elliot series (2014-2018) The Little Elliot series follows an elephant named Elliot and consists of five books: ''Little Elliot, Big City'' (2015); ''Little Elliot, Big Family'' (2015); ''Little Elliot, Big Fun'' (2016); ''Little Elliot, Fall Friends'' (2017); and ''Merry Christmas, Little Elliot'' (2018). ''Flamer'' (2020) '' Flamer'' is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel, published September 1, 2020 by Henry Holt and Company. The book has received various accolades, including the Lambda Literary Award for Childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Drank The Moon
''The Girl Who Drank the Moon'' is a 2016 children's book by Kelly Barnhill. The book tells how Luna, after being raised by a witch named Xan, must figure out how to handle the magical powers she was accidentally given. She must control her powers before it's too late. The book won the 2017 Newbery Medal. Shortly before its release, a prequel short story was released online via Entertainment Weekly. Plot Every year the townspeople abandon the youngest baby in the forest, as a "gift" for the bad witch they fear. The witch Xan however, whom the townspeople believe to be the source of all evil, takes the little babies and gives them to another town, where the people raise these children like their own. While doing the same to another baby girl, Xan accidentally feeds the little creature moonlight instead of the starlight she actually feeds them. Now, this baby is magical, and therefore dangerous to normal people. Xan names the baby Luna and decides to raise her with the little d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost (Reynolds Novel)
''Ghost'' is a young adult novel by Jason Reynolds, published August 30, 2016 by Atheneum Books. It is the first book of Reynold's ''Track'' series, followed by ''Patina'' (2017), ''Sunny'' (2018), and ''Lu'' (2018). ''Ghost'' was a ''New York Times'' best seller and National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist. Reception ''Ghost'' was a ''New York Times'' best seller The book received starred reviews from ''Booklist'', ''Publishers Weekly,'' and ''Kirkus,'' as well as positive reviews from '' The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books'' and ''Horn Book Magazine''. Reviewing ''Ghost'' in ''The New York Times'', Kate Messner said that in his title character, Reynolds has created a protagonist "whose journey is so genuine that he's worthy of a place alongside Ramona and Joey Pigza on the bookshelves where our most beloved, imperfect characters live." The audiobook, narrated by Guy Lockard, received a starred review from ''School Library Journal''. ''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |