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This Year's Awards Ceremony | Acceptance Speeches | Past Award Winners (1943-2007)
About Our Awards
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About Our Awards
The Josette Frank Award
The Josette Frank Award has been given annually since 1943. From 1943 to 1997
it was called the "Children's Book Award." Josette Frank, the editor of many anthologies
for children, served for many years as the Executive Director of the Child Study
Association of America of which this committee was a part. This award for fiction
honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young
people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and
grow emotionally and morally. The prize to the author of the award book has been
generously provided by the Florence L. Miller Memorial Fund.
The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award
The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award was established in 1994. It honors Flora Straus
who led the committee for many years, and is presented annually for a distinguished
work of nonfiction which fulfills her humanitarian ideals and serves as an inspiration
to young people. Flora Straus stood for the values of courage, hard work, truth
and beauty, while adapting to a changing world. She believed that books about
varying cultures enrich and help all children in their growth. She championed
diverse opinions and points of view. She was a person of high principles, unfailing
courtesy and deep understanding, and was an inspiration to all who had the privilege
of knowing her.
The Claudia Lewis Award
The Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the late Claudia
Lewis, distinguished children's book expert and longtime member of the Bank Street
College faculty and Children's Book Committee. She conveyed her love and understanding
of poetry with humor and grace. The award is given for the best poetry book of
the year.
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