Date/Time
Thursday, May 16, 2019
9:30 AM EDT - 12:00 PM EDT
Location:
Bank Street College of Education
Tabas Auditorium
610 West 112th Street
New York, NY 10025
Event Title:
Irma S. Black Award and Cook Prize Ceremony
Description:
Join the Center for Children’s Literature on Thursday, May 16 to celebrate the winners and honorees of the Irma Black Award and Cook Prize. This year, We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins received the Irma Black Award. Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk received the Cook Prize. Brian Floca, author/illustrator of Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, will be our keynote speaker.
9:30 AM
Breakfast
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Awards Presentation and Keynote
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Books for purchase and signing courtesy of the Bank Street Bookstore
Attend the awards ceremony in person or tune into the KidLit TV livestream.
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Dr. Cynthia Weill, Director of the Center for Children’s Literature
cweill@bankstreet.edu