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Phoenix Picture Book Award
The Phoenix Award annually recognizes one English-language children's book published twenty years earlier that did not then win a major literary award. It is named for the mythical bird phoenix that is reborn from its own ashes, signifying the book's rise from relative obscurity. The award was established and is conferred by the Children's Literature Association (ChLA), a nonprofit organization based in the United States whose mission is to advance "the serious study of children's literature". The winner is selected by an elected committee of five ChLA members, from nominations by members and outsiders. The token is a brass statue. The inaugural, 1985 Phoenix Award recognized ''The Mark of the Horse Lord'' by Rosemary Sutcliff (Oxford, 1965). Beginning 1989, as many as two runners-up have been designated "Honor Books", with 34 named for the 29 years to 2017. A parallel award for children's picture books, the Phoenix Picture Book Award was approved in 2010 and inaugurated in 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories
Short stories are pieces of prose fiction. Short Stories may also refer to: * ''Short Stories'' (magazine), an American pulp magazine published from 1890 to 1959 *''Short Stories'', a 1954 collection by O. E. Middleton * ''Short Stories'' (Harry Chapin album), 1974 * ''Short Stories'' (The Statler Brothers album), 1977 * ''Short Stories'' (Jon & Vangelis album), 1980 * ''Short Stories'' (Tuxedomoon album), 1982 * ''Short Stories'' (EP), a 1983 EP by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon * ''Short Stories'' (Kenny Rogers album), 1985 * ''Short Stories'' (Kronos Quartet), 1993 * ''Short Stories'' (Miyuki Nakajima album), 2000 * ''Short Stories'' (Elisabeth Andreassen album), 2005 * ''Short Stories'' (film), 2012 Russian film See also *Short Story (other) A short story is a piece of prose fiction. Short Story may also refer to: * "Short Story" (''Casualty''), an episode of the television series ''Casualty'' * "Short Story" (''Even Stevens''), an episode of the television seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Clements
Andrew Elborn Clements (May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019) was an American author of children's literature. His debut novel ''Frindle'' won an award determined by the vote of U.S. schoolchildren in about 20 different U.S. states. In June 2015, Frindle was named the Phoenix Award winner for 2016, as it was the best book that did not win a major award when it was published. Life Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey, and lived in nearby Oaklyn and Cherry Hill before moving to Springfield, Illinois as a pre-teen. As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in Maine where he spent his days swimming, hiking, water skiing, and his evenings reading books. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Northwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Elementary Education from National Louis University, he worked as a teacher, sharing his love of reading with elementary, middle, and high school students. He worked for several publishing companies where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Habibi (novel)
''Habibi'' is a 1997 young adult novel by Naomi Shihab Nye. It tells the story of 14-year-old Liyana Abboud and her family, her Arab father, American mother, and brother Rafik, who move from their home in St. Louis to Mr. Abboud's native home of Palestine in the 1970s. It is semi-autobiographical. Nye's debut novel was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Book, a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age, and a Texas Institute of Letters Best Book for Young Readers. It received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, given annually to a children's book that advances the causes of peace and social equality. In 2000, it also received the Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature. Reception ''Kirkus Reviews'' noted how the book was capable of showing the best and worst of Jerusalem through "short-story-like chapters and poetic language." Although they also praised the book's description of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the region's history, they com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye ( ar, نعومي شهاب ناي; born March 12, 1952) is an American poet, editor, songwriter, and novelist. Born to a Palestinian father and an American mother, she began composing her first poetry at the age of six. In total, she has published or contributed to over 30 volumes of poetry. Her works include poetry, young-adult fiction, picture books, and novels. Nye received the 2013 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in honor of her entire body of work as a writer, and in 2019 the Poetry Foundation designated her the Young People's Poet Laureate for the 2019–21 term. Early life Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and songwriter born in 1952 to a Palestinian father, who worked as a journalist, editor and writer, and American mother, who worked as a Montessori school teacher. Her father grew up in Palestine. He and his family became refugees in 1948, when the state of Israel was created. She has said her father "seemed a little shell-shocked when I was a chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seedfolks
''Seedfolks'' (1997) is a children's novella written by Paul Fleischman, with illustrations by Judy Pedersen. The story is told by a diverse cast of characters living on (or near) Gibb Street in Cleveland, Ohio, each from a different ethnic group. Chapter by chapter, each character describes the transformation of an empty lot into a vibrant community garden A community garden is a piece of land gardened or cultivated by a group of people individually or collectively. Normally in community gardens, the land is divided into individual plots. Each individual gardener is responsible for their own plo ..., and in doing so, they each experience their own transformations. Awards and recognitions *ALA Best Books for Young Adults (1998) * Buckeye Children's Book Award (1999), Grades 6-8 *Special Book Award of China (2008) References * Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. HarperTrophy, 1997. Print. * Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. HarperTeen, 1999. Print. {{refend External links About Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Fleischman
Paul Fleischman (born 1952) is an American writer of children's books. He and his father Sid Fleischman have both won the Newbery Medal from the American Library Association recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". For the body of his work he was the United States author nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012. Early life Paul Fleischman was born in Monterey, California and raised in Santa Monica, California, the son of children's book author Sid Fleischman. At 19, he took a cross-country bicycle and train trip which ended with him living in a 200-year-old house in New Hampshire. The experience led to his historical fiction dealing with the Puritans' Indian wars, colonial peddlers, Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic, and the Civil War.Linda M. Pavonetti. "Paul Fleischman: A Partner in Celebrating Language and Reading". ''Journal of Children's Literature'' 29:2 (Fall 2003), p. 86. He attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wish Me Luck (novel)
''Wish Me Luck'' is a British television drama about the exploits of British women undercover agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 17 January 1988 and 25 February 1990 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and written the BBC women prisoner of war series '' Tenko''. The series was filmed on location in England and France. ''Wish Me Luck'' is similar to '' Tenko'' and the 1970s BBC drama '' Secret Army'', in that it deals with strong female characters coping under extreme conditions in wartime. The organisation for which the series' women agents worked, the Outfit, was based on the real-life Special Operations Executive. Season 1 and 2 were based on the exploits of SOE agent Nancy Wake and much of the dialogue was copied from her autobiography ''The White Mouse''. The series also addressed social issues and divisions under wartime conditions. A great deal of attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Heneghan
James Heneghan (7 October 1930 – 23 April 2021) was a British–Canadian author of children's and young adult novels. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1957, where he lived until his death on April 23, 2021. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963. Bibliography *''Goodbye, Carleton High'' (1983) *''Promises to Come'' (1988) *''Blue'' (1991) *''Torn Away'' (1994) – winner 1995 Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award. *''Wish Me Luck'' (1997) – nominated for the 1997 Governor General's Award Young People’s Literature – Text, winner 1998 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, winner Phoenix Award 2017. *''The Grave'' (2000) – winner 2001 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. *''Flood'' (2002) – winner 2004 Chocolate Lily Young Readers’ Choice Award, winner 2003 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize. *''Hit Squad'' (2003) *''Waiting for Sarah'' (2003) – winner of the Manitoba Manitoba ( ) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Life And Work Of Dorothea Lange
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Partridge
Elizabeth Partridge (born September 1, 1951) is an American writer, the author of more than a dozen books from young-adult nonfiction to picture books to photography books. Her books include ''Marching for Freedom'' (2009, Viking), as well the biographies ''John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth'' (Viking, 2005), ''This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie'' (Viking, 2002), and ''Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange'' (Viking, 1999). Her latest book is the middle grade novel, Dogtag Summer (Bloomsbury, 2011). Partridge is the daughter of photographer Rondal Partridge and the granddaughter of photographer Imogen Cunningham and etcher Roi Partridge. Partridge has been a National Book Award finalist, an ALA Michael L. Printz Award runner-up, and twice a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award runner-up. She has won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Partridge is on the facult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imani All Mine
Imani may refer to: People Given name * Imani (rapper) (born 1971), American rapper * Imani Perry (born 1972), American interdisciplinary scholar of race, law, literature, and African-American culture * Imani Sanga (born 1972), Tanzanian musicologist * Imani Coppola (born 1978), American singer-songwriter and violinist * Imani Patterson (born 1985), former African-American actor * Imani Hakim (born 1993), American actress * Imani Uzuri, African-American vocalist Surname * Blair Imani, African-American Muslim activist Media * ''Imani'' (film), 2010 Swedish/Ugandan film *Imani Firewing, a supporting character of Nickelodeon/Nick Toons 2017 show ''Mysticons'' Organizations * Imani Entertainment, American entertainment company * Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation * Imani Winds Imani Winds is an American wind quintet based in New York City, United States. The group was founded by flutist Valerie Coleman in 1997 and is known for its adventurous and diverse programmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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