Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children’s Literature Citation
By Rachel F.
Wed, October 3, 2012
Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children’s Literature Citation
This citation is awarded to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to literature for children and who is from Philadelphia, or has contributed significantly to the advancement of this field in the Philadelphia area.
Congratulations to Eileen Spinelli, winner of the 2012 Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children's Literature Citation!
On Monday, October 1st at the Annual Pennsylvania Library Association meeting, the 2012 Free Library of Philadelphia/Drexel University Children's Literature Citation was presented to Eileen Spinelli for creating books with real plots, for real children, and pouring compassion and empathy into every single word. For eloquently and passionately dramatizing the lives of working mothers and fathers who find the time to read - and be read to - by the children. For bringing a poet's rich and textured language to the unique perspectives of children's voices and experiences.
Past Citation Recipients:
2011 S. D. Schindler
2010 Susan B. Neuman
2009 David Wiesner
2008 Hedra Packman
2007 Michael Berenstain
2005 Lucia Herndon
2004 Peter Catalanotto
2003 Betty Ann Funk
2001 Francenia L. Emery
2000 E. B. Lewis
1998 Donna Jo Napoli
1997 Helen Mae Mullen
1996 Jerry Spinelli
1995 Susan Hirschman
1994 Bernard Waber
1993 Trina Schart Hyman
1992 Jerry Pinkney
1991 Aliki {Liacouras Brandenberg}
1990 Carolyn Croll
1989 Maurice Sendak
1987 Deborah Kogan Ray
1986 Barbara Bates
1985 Muriel Feelings
1984 Carolyn Wicker Field
1983 Tana Hoban
1982 Jan Berenstain and Stan Berenstain
1981 Kristin Hunter
1979 Suzanne Hilton
1978 Catherine Crook de Camp and L. Sprague de Camp
1977 Nancy Larrick
1975 J.B. Lippincott Company
1972 Lloyd Alexander
1970 Carolyn Haywood
1967 Katherine Milhous
1963 Marguerite de Angeli
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