Charlotte Zolotow Award
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| Charlotte Zolotow Award | |
| Awarded for | outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States in the preceding year |
| Presented by | Cooperative Children's Book Center |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Official website | |
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The Charlotte Zolotow Award is an American literary award presented annually for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States in the preceding year.
[edit] History
The award was established in 1998 by the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education and named to honor the work of Charlotte Zolotow, an American children's book editor and author.
[edit] Charlotte Zolotow Award recipients
- 2007: Peter McCarty, Moon Plane
- 2006: Mary Ann Rodman, My Best Friend, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
- 2005: Kevin Henkers, Kitten's First Full Moon
- 2004: Amy Schwartz, What James Likes Best
- 2003: Holly Keller, Farfallina & Marcel
- 2002: Margaret Willey, Clever Beatrice
- 2001: Kate Banks, The Night Worker, illustrated by Georg Hallensleben
- 2000: Molly Bang, When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry....
- 1999: Uri Shulevitz, Snow
- 1998: Vera B. Williams, Lucky Song
