I have served on the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children for the past three years. It has been an amazing experience. I've learned so much and have met so many great people. I was never lucky enough to study under Charlotte Huck but her work has had a huge impact on me and my work.
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| Last year's Charlotte Huck Award committee presented the winning titles at this year's NCTE convention. |
The Charlotte Huck Award is a new one and I was part of the first committee. The award's commitment is that it "recognizes fiction that has the potential to transform children's lives by inviting compassion, imagination and wonder." I have LOVED reading with the lens of the Charlotte Huck Award as the award recognizes the power of books for a child.
I have also LOVED having the book awards announced at the Children's Book Award Luncheon at the NCTE Annual Convention. If you haven't been to this lunch, you are missing out on a fun time! Previous year's awards are given to authors/illustrators, new awards are announced and there is an author at every table for lunch. This year, I got to sit with Mitali Perkins! And Mary Lee was able to sit with Loren Long! Definitely a fun time!
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| Loren Long and Mary Lee at the Children's Book Award Luncheon! |
This year the 2017 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction was announced and here are the winners! I would definitely check out all of the books on the list--as it is one of my favorite award lists of the year!
2017 Winner
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
2017 Honor Books
Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian
The Night Gardener by Terry Fan and Eric Fan
Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
2017 Recommended Titles
The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner
Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
A Bandit's Tale by Deborah Hopkinson
Hoot and Peep by Lita Judge
One Half from the East by Nadia Sashimi
The Princess and the Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh
For past lists and more information on the Charlotte Huck award, visit the award page on NCTE's website. You may also be interested in reading The Power of Children's Book Awards and
The Ripple Effect of Award Lists.
And don't miss this year's Orbis Pictus Awards for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children!
And don't miss this year's Orbis Pictus Awards for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children!
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