Lupine Award

The Lupine Award is a literary prize given annually by the Maine Library Association to a living author or illustrator. The prize can be given either for a book that is set in Maine or to an illustrator or author who was born in or who resides in Maine. The prize has been awarded annually since 1993. Since 2005, separate prizes have been awarded, one to a picture book and the other to a juvenile or young adult book.[1][2][3]

History

The award was named in honor of Barbara Cooney and her book Miss Rumphius..[4][2][5]


References

  1. ↑ "Lupine Award History". Maine Library Association. Maine Library Association. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Bird, Elizabeth (15 June 2012). "Top 100 Picture Books #13: Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney". School Library Journal. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Book About Monhegan Wins the Lupine Award, Portland Press Herald, 18 Apr 1996.
  4. ↑ Lipson, Eden (15 March 2000). "Barbara Cooney, 83, Children's Book Creator". New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Andresen, Kristen (14 March 2000). "Beloved author Cooney dies at 83; `Miss Rumphius’ among treasures". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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