Our librarian, Rachel, had some
exciting news for us today. She would be reading two special picture books to
us today, and two more next week. These four books are finalists for a special
award that is given each year, called the Irma Black award, and we would get a
chance to vote after hearing all four books! Here is a little more about the
award, taken right from the Bank Street College’s website (Grace’s alma
mater!):
The
Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature
(Irma Black Award) goes to an outstanding book for young children - a book in
which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on
the other to produce a singular whole. The Irma Black Award is unusual in that
children are the final judges of the winning book. The
next award will be presented on May 10, 2018 at Bank Street College.
The two we heard today were Sparkle Boy and After the
Fall.
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