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The Newbery & Caldecott Awards A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books — Content Guide for Parents

By Kathleen T. HorningAmerican Library Association2009ISBN 9780838935859168 pages
The Newbery & Caldecott Awards A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books

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Contains references to prayer and church attendance. A minister character plays a supporting role in two chapters.

About this book

The latest edition of the "Newbery and Caldecott Awards" guide covers the most distinguished American children's literature and illustration. Featured in this edition are: a comprehensive, annotated awards listing; Kathleen T. Horning's new essay exploring the topic of new editions and bibliographic citations for updated works; notes indicating those Caldecott Medal winners and Honor Books that have been revised and republished with new art; Bette J. Peltola's essay explaining terms and definitions associated with both awards; information on media used in the award-winning books; and a glimpse at criteria used to select the awards.

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