Title:
Children's book prizes : an evaluation and history of major awards for children's books in the English-speaking world
JLCTITLE245:
Ruth Allen.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, ©1998.
Physical Description:
xi, 333 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781859282373
General Note:
Includes index.
Subject Term:
Contents:
ch. 1. About this book -- ch. 2. Books and children -- ch. 3. Newbery Medal (USA) -- ch. 4. Carnegie Medal (UK) -- ch. 5. Caldecott Medal (USA) -- ch. 6. Kate Greenaway Medal (UK) -- ch. 7. Choosing the best in the field: the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards -- ch. 8. Not just pretty pictures: awards for illustration -- ch. 9. Coming from another angle: awards with special intentions -- ch. 10. Commercial breaks: awards sponsored by big business -- ch. 11. Around the world: English-language children's book awards in Australia, Canada, Eire/Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa -- ch. 12. Did the right book always win -- ch. 13. What the authors and artists say -- ch. 14. What the critics and librarians say -- ch. 15. Some conclusions.