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Don Brown (children's Author)
Don Brown (born 1949) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. Awards and honors Sixteen of Brown's books are Junior Library Guild selections: ''Kid Blink Beats the World'' (2004), ''The Good Lion'' (2005), ''Bright Path'' (2006), ''Teedie'' (2009), ''A Wizard from the Start'' (2010), ''Gold! Gold from the American River!'' (2011), ''Henry and the Cannons'' (2013), ''The Great American Dust Bowl'' (2014), ''He has Shot the President!'' (2014), ''Drowned City'' (2015),''Aaron and Alexander'' (2016), ''The Unwanted'' (2018), ''Up and Down'' (2018), ''Rocket to the Moon'' (2019), ''Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918'' (2020), and ''In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers'' (2021). Many of Brown's books have also been included on lists of the best books of the year. In 2013, ''Henry and the Cannons'' was included on ''School Library Journal'''s list of the best nonfiction books of the year, ''and The Great American Dust Bowl'' was included on lists of the best books of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen White Children's Book Award
The William Allen White Children's Book Award is a set of two annual awards for books selected by vote of Kansas schoolchildren from lists prepared by committee. As a single award it was established in 1952 by Ruth Garver Gagliardo, a children's literature specialist at Emporia State University, which continues to direct the program. It is named for William Allen White (1868–1944), long-time publisher and editor of ''The Emporia Gazette The ''Emporia Gazette'' is a daily newspaper in Emporia, Kansas. History William Allen White bought the newspaper for $3,000 ($ in dollars) in 1895. Through his editorship, over the next five decades, he became an iconic figure in American jour ...''. The White Award is the oldest statewide children's choice book award in the United States. From 2001, two winners have been chosen each year, one by students in grades 3 to 5 and one by students in grades 6 to 8, from separate lists of books. The award website includes an archive of annual Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |