Poems 4 children - funny animal poems for children

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Scary, spooky, creepy Halloween stories for kids

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Poetry For Kids - "poetry for(4) kids", short, funny poetry and poems for kids

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Poetry For Kids - "poetry for(4) kids", short, funny poetry and poems for kids

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Poems about animals - Poetry for children

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elephant poems

Eletelephony
By Laura E. Richards

Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant--
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone--
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)

Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee--
I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)

bat poems

The Bat
by Theodore Roethke

By day the bat is cousin to the mouse.
He likes the attic of an aging house.

His fingers make a hat about his head.
His pulse beat is so slow we think him dead.

He loops in crazy figures half the night
Among the trees that face the corner light.

But when he brushes up against a screen,
We are afraid of what our eyes have seen:

For something is amiss or out of place
When mice with wings can wear a human face.

The Bat
by Douglas Florian

The bat is batty as can be.
It sleeps all day in cave or tree,
And when the sun sets in the sky,
It rises from its rest to fly.
All night this mobile mammal mugs
A myriad of flying bugs.
And after its night out on the town,
The batty bat sleeps upside down.

bird poems

Woodpecker
Meish Goldish

Woodpecker, woodpecker,
Peck! Peck! Peck!
Drill with your bill
And bob your neck!

Peck out a hole
In the trunk of a tree.
Peck out a nest
For all to see.

Cling to the wood
With your sharp clawed feet.
Peck through the bark
And find bugs to eat!

Woodpecker, woodpecker,
Peck! Peck! Peck!
Drill with your bill
And bob your neck!

Ostrich
by Meish Goldish

Do you know the world's largest bird?
Aw - it's the ostrich!
What bird is eight feet tall? My word!
Aw - it's the ostrich!
Who moves fifteen feet in a single step?
Who runs forty miles an hour with pep?
Who roars like a lion, hisses like a snake,
And weichs 300 pounds, for heaven's sake?
Aw - it's the ostrich!

Birds
by Meish Goldish

Look at the bird
Up in the treetop,
Building its nest
With no time to stop.

Hatching its eggs
So smooth and so round,
Then feeding its babies
Worms from the ground.

Look at the bird
With beak for a mouth.
When it gets cold,
The birds will fly south.

When it gets warm,
The bird will return.
Let's watch how the birds live,
And see what we learn!

To Be a Bird
by Aileen Fisher

I wish I could fly
through the sky with ease
and try all the seats
in the boughs of trees,

And look from a perch
on the highest steeple
at streets full of
upside-down cars and people.

bugs poems

The Bug
by Marjorie Barows

And when the rain had gone away
And it was shining everywhere,
I ran out on the walk to play
And found a little bug was there.

And he was running just as fast
As any little bug could run,
Until he stopped for breath at last,
All black and shiny in the sun.

And then he chirped a song to me
And gave his wings a little tug,
And that's the way he showed that he
Was very glad to be a bug!

Beetle
by Sylvia Gerdtz

A little beetle passed me by,
He didn't make much fuss,
He ran around my garden
Like a tiny yellow bus.

The Ants
by Douglas Florian

Ants are scantily
Half an inch long,
But for their size
They're very strong.
Ants tote leaves
Five times their weight
Back to their nest
At a speedy rate.
They walk on tree limbs
Upside down
A hundred feet
Above the ground,
While down below
Beneath a mound
They're building tunnels
Underground.
And so it's been
And it will be
Since greatest
Ant antiquity.

Ladybug
by Joan Walsh Anglund

A small speckled visitor
Wearing a crimson cape,
Brighter than a cherry,
Smaller than a grape.

A polka-dotted someone
Walking on my wall,
A black-hooded lady
In a scarlet shawl.

cat poems

Cats
Eleanor Farjeon

Cats sleep
Anywhere,
Any table,
Any chair,
Top of piano,
Window-ledge,
In the middle,
On the edge,
Open drawer,
Empty shoe,
Anybody's
Lap will do,
Fitted in a
Cardboard box,
In the cupboard
With your frocks -
Anywhere!
They don't care!
Cats sleep
Anywhere.

Cat Bath
Aileen Fisher

After she eats,
my purry friend
washes herself
from end to end.

Washes her face,
her ears, her paws,
washes the pink
between her claws.

I watch and think
it's better by far
to splash in a tub
with soap in a bar

And washcloth in hand
and towel on the rung
than to have to do all
that work by tongue.

Cat Kisses
by Bobbi Katz

Sandpaper kisses
On a cheek or a chin -
That is the way
For a day to begin!

Sandpaper kisses -
A cuddle, a purr.
I have an alarm clock
That's covered with fur.

My Cat
by Stuart Stotts

My cat hunts
out in the front
for birds and bugs
and mice and slugs.
He crouches low
moves very slow
silent and black;
he prepares to attack.
flexes his paws
curls his claws.
he's ready to spring
when his collar bells ring.
The bird flies up
as my cat jumps.
He misses again.
So he comes on in
and begs to be fed
with canned food instead.

dinosaur poems

Long Gone
by Jack Prelutsky

Don't waste your time in looking for
The long-extinct tyrannosaur,
Because this ancient dinosaur
Just can't be found here anymore.

This also goes for stegosaurus,
Allosaurus, brontosaurus
And any other saur or saurus.
They all lived here long before us.

Dreamscape
by Lillian M. Fisher

A giant came into my dream
And thundered to and fro.
As thender-lizareds often do
He traveled high and low.
He shool the hills and mountaintops
And spilled the seven seas.
He drank eleven rivers,
He ate a hundred trees.
But even thunder-giants sleep -
He wandered off to find his bed.
I didn't notice where he went,
I simply, quickly, woke instead!

Dinoaur
by Margaret Hillert

The dinosaur,
The dinosaur,
Was once
But isn't
Anymore.

If it were,
You must agree,
Then you
And I
Just wouldn't be.

I confess
It's much more pleasant
To know
That he's
The one who isn't.

Lines on a Small Potato
by Margaret Fishback

Reflect upon the dinosaur,
A giant that exists no more.
Though brawny when he was alive,
He didn't manage to survive,
Whereas the unimpressive flea
Continues healthy as can be;
So so not whimper that you're small -
Be happy that you're here at all.

from Company
by Bobbi Katz

I'm fixing a lunch for a dinosaur.
Who knows when one might come by?
I'm pulling up all the weeds I can find.
I'm piling them high as the sky.
I'm fixing a llunch for a dinosaur.
I hope he will stop by soon.
Maybe he'll just walk down my street
And have some lunch at noon.

penguin poems

Penguin Poem

by William Jay Smith

Penguin, I think it must be very nice
To stroll about upon the ice,
Night and day, day and night,
Wearing only black and white,
Always in your Sunday best -
Black tailcoat and pearl-white vest.
To stroll about so pleasantly
Beside the cold and silent sea
Would really suit me to a T!
I think it must be very nice
To stroll with penguins on the ice.

Consider the Penguin
by Lucy W. Rhu

He's smart as can be -
Dressed in his dinner clothes
Permanently.
You never can tell
When you see him about,
If he's just coming in
Or just going out!

In Praise of Penguins
by Robin Bernard

These funny birds in fancy clothes
may waddle in the snow,
but when they reach the icy sea
just watch how fast they go!

Their song sounds like a donkey's bray,
they cannot soar or fly,
yet penguins manage very well,
and let me tell you why . . .

Their feathers keep out water,
their blubber keeps out cold,
wheir wings make perfect paddles
because they do not fold!

Their tails are good for steering,
they brake with both their feet -
So tell me know, from all you've heard . . .
Aren't penguins NEAT?

turtle poems

The Turtle
Jack Prelutsky

The turtle's always been inclined
to live within his shell.
But why he cares to be confined,
the turtle does not tell.

The turtle's always satisfied
to slowlycreep and crawl,
and never wanders far outside
his living room or hall.

So if you wish to visit him
in his domestic dome,
just knock politely on his shell,
you'll find the turtle home.

"I am Home," Said the Turtle
by John Ciardi

"I am home," said the turtle, as it pulled in its head
And its feet, and its tail. "I am home, and in bed.

"No matter what inches and inches I roam,
When the long day is done, I am always at home.

"I may go whole feet . . . even yards . . . in a day,
But I never get lost, for I'm never away

"From my snug little house and my snug little bed.
Try being a turtle! - That's using your head!

"You can go on forever, no matter how far,
And whatever you need is wherever you are!"

("Is there one thing I miss when I'm snuggled in tight?
Yes: there's no room for someone to kiss me good night.")

The Little Turtle
by Vachel Lindsay

There lived a little turtle,
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped a minnow.
And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.

whale poems

Whale Sailing
Helen H. Moore

Would you go for a sail
On the back of a whale?
Would you sail through the ocean, so blue?

There's a lot you could see
(If the whale would agree)
It's more fun than a trip to the zoo!

So please take the chance,
if the chance you should get,
You'll get mighty wet,
But it's worth it, you bet,
Just be sure to rub on suntan lotion!

An Invitation
by Maria Fleming

Let's take a trip, just you and me,
Through the blue and sparkling sea.
I'll give you a ride upon my tail.
You'll see what it's like to be a whale.
We'll leap and dive and chase the fish,
Then swim and splash as long as we wish.
And when we're done and playing in the icy deep,
We'll let the waves rock us to sleep.

I'm a humpback whale,
I'm very strong
I leap about and sing this song.
I like to eat my fill in the Northern Sea.
But in the winter it's South I flee.

I am a beluga,
I'm all white.
From head to tail I'm quite a sight.
You can hear me singing way up north,
Playing and swimming back and forth.

I'm a mighty orca
Black and white.
In the sea I'm a beautiful sight.
I'm not very big, but I am sleek
I hunt for my food cause I have teeth.

Famous poems for children - famous poetry for kids

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Jabberwocky

By Lewis Carroll

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Jonathan Bing

By Betrice Curtis Brown

Poor old Jonathan Bing
Went out in his carriage to visit the King,
But everyone pointed and said, "Look at that!
Jonathan Bing has forgotten his hat!"
(He'd forgotten his hat!)

Poor old Jonathan Bing
Went home and put on a new hat for the King,
But by the palace the soldier said, "Hi!
You can't see the King; you've forgotten your tie!"
(He'd forgotten his tie!)

Poor old Jonathan Bing,
He put on a beautiful tie for the King,
But when he arrived, and Archbishop said, "Ho!
You can't come to court in pajamas, you know!"

Poor old Jonathan Bing
Went home and addressed a short note to the King:
"If you please will excuse me, I won't come to tea;
For home's the best place for all people like me!"

The Story of Fidgety Philip

By Heinrich Hoffman

"Let me see if Philip can
Be a little gentleman;
Let me see if he is able
To sit still for once at table":
Thus Papa bade Phil behave;
And Mama looked very grave.

But fidgety Phil,
He won't sit still;
He wriggles,
And giggles,
And then, I declare,
Swings backwards and forwards,
And tilts up his chair
Just like any rocking-horse-
"Philip! I am getting cross!"

See the naughty, restless child
Growing still more rude and wild,
Till his chair falls over quite.
Philip screams with all his might,
Catches at the cloth, but then
That makes matters worse again.
Down upon the ground they fll,
Glasses, plates, knives, forks and all.

How Mama did fret and frown,
When she saw them tumbling down!
And Papa made such a face!
Philip is in sad disgrace.

Where is Philip, where is he?
Fairly covered up you see!
Cloth and all are lying on him;
He has pulled down all upon him.
What a terrible to-do!
dishes, glasses, snapped in two!
Here a knife, and there a fork!

Philip, this is cruel work.
Table all so bare, and ah!
Poor Papa, and poor Mama
Look quite cross, and wonder how
They shall have their dinner now.

Granpa Dropped His Glasses

By Leroy F. Jackson

Granpa dropped his glasses once
In a pot of dye,
And when he put them on again
He saw a purple sky.
Purple fires were rising up
From a purple hill,
Men were grinding purple cider
at a purple mill.
Purple Adeline was playing
With a purple doll;
Little purple dragon flies
Were crawling up the wall.
And at the supper-table
He got crazy as a loon
From eating purple apple dumplings
With a purple spoon.

Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee

By Mildred Plew Meigs

Ho, for the Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee!
He was as wicked as wicked could be,
But oh, he was perfectly gorgeous to see!
The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.

His conscience, of course, was as black as a bat,
But he had a floppety plume on his hat
And when he went walking it jiggled - like that!
The plume of the Pirate Dowdee.

His coat it was handsome and cut with a slash,
And often as ever he twirled his mustache
Deep down in the ocean the mermaids went splash,
Because of Don Durk of Dowdee.

Moreover, Dowdee had a purple tattoo,
And struck in his belt where he buckled it through
Were a dagger, a dirk, and a squizzamaroo,
For fierce was the Pirate Dowdee.

So feaful he was he would shoot at a puff,
And always at sea when the weather grew rough
He drank from a bottle and wrote on his cuff,
Did Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.

Oh, he had a cutlass that swung at his thigh
And he had a parrot called Pepperkin Pye,
And a zigzaggy scar at the end of his eye
Had Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.

He kept in a cavern, this buccaneer bold,
A curious chest that was covered with mould,
And all of his pockets were jingly with gold!
Oh jing! went the gold of Dowdee.

His consience, of course it was crook'd like a squash,
But both of his boots made a slickery slosh,
And he went throught the world with a wonderful swash,
Did Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.

It's ture he was wicked as wicked could be,
His sins they outnumbered a hundred and three,
But oh, he was perfectly gorgeous to see,
The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee.

The Highwayman

By Alfred Noyes

The wind was a torrent of darkness
among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon
tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding--
Riding--riding--
The highwayman came riding,
up to the old inn door.

He'd a French cocked hat on his forehead,
a bunch of lace at his chin;
A coat of the claret velvet,
and breeches of brown doe-skin.
They fitted with never a wrinkle:
his boots were up to his thigh!
And he rode with a jeweled twinkle,
his rapier hilt a-twinkle,
His pistol butts a-twinkle,
under the jeweled sky.

Over the cobbles he clattered
and clashed in the dark inn-yard,
He tapped with his whip on the shutters,
but all was locked and barred,
He whistled a tune to the window,
and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter--
Bess, the landlord's daughter--
Plaiting a dark red love-knot
into her long black hair.

And dark in the dark old inn-yard
a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim, the ostler listened;
his face was white and peaked;
His eyes were hollows of madness,
his hair like moldy hay,
But he loved the landlord's daughter--
the landlord's red-lipped daughter;
Dumb as a dog he listened,
and he heard the robber say--

"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart;
I'm after a prize to-night,
but I shall be back with the yellow gold
before the morning light.
Yet if they press me sharply,
and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight,
though hell should bar the way."

He stood upright in the stirrups;
he scarce could reach her hand,
But she loosened her hair i' the casement!
His face burnt like a brand
As the black cascade of perfume
came tumbling ov'er his breast,
And he kissed its waves in the moonlight,
(Oh sweet black waves in the moonlight!),
Then he tugged at his reins in the moonlight,
and galloped away to the West.

He did not come in the dawning;
he did not come at noon.
And out o' the tawny sunset,
before the rise o' the moon,
When the road was a gypsy's ribbon
looping the purple moor,
The redcoat troops came marching--
Marching--marching--
King George's men came marching,
up to the old inn-door.

They said no word to the landlord;
they drank his ale instead,
But they gagged his daughter and bound her
to the foot of her narrow bed;.
Two of them knelt at her casement,
with muskets by their side!;
There was death at every window;
And hell at one dark window;
For Bess could see, through her casement,
the road that he would ride.

They had bound her up at attention,
with many a sniggering jest!
hey had tied a rifle beside her,
with the barrel beneath her breast!
Now keep good watch!" and they kissed her.
She heard the dead man say --
"Look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight,
though hell should bar the way."

She twisted her hands behind her,
but all the knots held good!
She writhed her hands till her fingers
were wet with sweat or blood!
they stretched and strained in the darkness,
and the hours crawled by like years,
ill, now, on the stroke of midnight,
Cold, on the stroke of midnight,
The tip of one finger touched it!
The trigger at least was hers!

The tip of one finger touched it;
she strove no more for the rest;
Up, she stood up at attention,
with the barrel beneath her breast.
She would not risk their hearing,
she would not strive again,
For the road lay bare in the moonlight,
Blank and bare in the moonlight,
And the blood in her veins, in the moonlight
throbbed to her love's refrain.

Tlot tlot; tlot tlot! Had they heard it?
The horse-hooves, ringing clear;
Tlot tlot, tlot tlot, in the distance!
Were they deaf that they did not hear?
Down the ribbon of moonlight,
over the brow of the hill,
The highwayman came riding
Riding, riding!
The redcoats looked to their priming!
She stood up straight and still.

Tlot tlot, in the frosty silence!
Tlot tlot, in the echoing night!
Nearer he came and nearer!
Her face was like a light!
Her eyes grew wide for a moment,
she drew one last deep breath,
Then her finger moved in the moonlight--
Her musket shattered the moonlight--
Shattered her breast in the moonlight
and warned him--with her death.

He turned, he spurred to the West;
he did not know who stood
Bowed, with her head o'er the musket,
drenched in her own red blood!
Not till the dawn did he hear it,
and his face grew grey to hear
How Bess, the landlord's daughter,
The landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Had watched for her love in the moonlight,
and died in the darkness there.

Back, he spurred like a madman,
shrieking a curse to the sky,
With the white road smoking behind him
and his rapier brandished high!
Blood-red were his spurs i' the golden noon,;
wine-red was his velvet coat
When they shot him down on the highway,
Down like a dog in the highway,
And he lay in his blood in the highway,
with the bunch of lace at his throat.

And still on a winter's night, they say,
when the wind is in the trees,
When the moon is a ghostly galleon
tossed upon cloudy seas,
When the road a ribbon of moonlight
over the purple moor,
The highwayman comes riding--
Riding--riding--
The highwayman comes riding,
up to the old inn-door.

Over the cobbles he clatters
and clangs in the dark inn-yard,
He taps with his whip on the shutters,
but all is locked and barred,
He whistles a tune to the window,
and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot
into her long black hair.

Poems about Stars - poetry planets universe moon sun

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Moon Poems and Poetry

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TO THE MOON
Art thou pale for weariness
Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth,
Wandering companionless
Among the stars that have a different birth,
And ever changing, like a Joyless eye
That finds no object worth its constancy?

By Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

AT A LUNAR ECLIPSE
Thy shadow, Earth, from Pole to Central Sea,
Now steals along upon the Moon's meek shine
In even monochrome and curving line
Of imperturbable serenity.

How shall I link such sun-cast symmetry
With the torn troubled form I know as thine,
That profile, placid as a brow divine,
With continents of moil and misery?

And can immense Mortality but throw
So small a shade, and Heaven's high human scheme
Be hemmed within the coasts yon arc implies?

Is such the stellar gauge of earthly show,
Nation at war with nation, brains that teem,
Heroes, and women fairer than the skies?

By Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

THE HALF MOON SHOWS
A FACE OF PLAINTIVE SWEETNESS
The half moon shows a face of plaintive sweetness
Ready and poised to wax or wane;
A fire of pale desire in incompleteness,
Tending to pleasure or to pain:-
Lo, while we gaze she rolleth on in fleetness
To perfect loss or perfect gain.
Half bitterness we know, we know half sweetness;
This world is all on wax, on wane:
When shall completeness round time's incompleteness,
Fulfilling joy, fulfilling pain?-
Lo, while we ask, life rolleth on in fleetness
To finished loss or finished gain.

By Christina Rossetti

FULL MOON
One night as Dick lay fast asleep,
Into his drowsy eyes
A great still light began to creep
From out the silent skies.
It was the lovely moon's, for when
He raised his dreamy head,
Her surge of silver filled the pane
And streamed across his bed.
So, for a while, each gazed at each-
Dick and the solemn moon-
Till, climbing slowly on her way,
She vanished, and was gone.

By Walter de la Mare

I see the moon,
The moon sees me
God bless the moon,
And God bless me.
-A nursery rhyme

MOON'S ENDING
Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,
In the dawn clouds flying,
How good to go, light into light, and still
Giving light, dying.

By Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

NEW MOON
The new moon, of no importance
lingers behind as the yellow sun glares
and is gone beyond the sea's edge;
earth smokes blue;
the new moon, in cool height above the blushes,
brings a fresh fragrance of heaven to our senses.

By D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

Silver

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy coat the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

By Walter de la Mare

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

A nursery rhyme

Funny Easter Poem by Milou

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A fishy gets an oyster egg

A foxy gets a seagull's

A wolf gets an easter leg

And there are grass eggs for the bulls

But only humans get a candy chocolate one

So let's hope that all Easters will be fun, Fun, FUN!

Valentine poems - history of valentine's day

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History of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14. It is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine's cards, donating to charity or gifting candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two among the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine.

As early as the fourth century B.C., the Romans engaged in an annual young man's rite to passage to the God Lupercus. The names of the teenage women were placed in a box and drawn at random by adolescent men; thus, a man was assigned a woman companion for the duration of the year, after which another lottery was staged. After eight hundred years of this cruel practice, the early church fathers sought to end this practice... They found an answer in Valentine, a bishop who had been martyred some two hundred years earlier.

According to church tradition St. Valentine was a priest near Rome in about the year 270 A.D. At that time the Roman Emperor Claudius-II who had issued an edict forbidding marriage.
This was around when the heyday of Roman empire had almost come to an end. Lack of quality administrators led to frequent civil strife. Learning declined, taxation increased, and trade slumped to a low, precarious level. And the Gauls, Slavs, Huns, Turks and Mongolians from Northern Europe and Asian increased their pressure on the empire's boundaries. The empire was grown too large to be shielded from external aggression and internal chaos with existing forces. Thus more of capable men were required to be recruited as soldiers and officers. When Claudius became the emperor, he felt that married men were more emotionally attached to their families, and thus, will not make good soldiers. So to assure quality soldiers, he banned marriage.
Valentine, a bishop , seeing the trauma of young lovers, met them in a secret place, and joined them in the sacrament of matrimony. Claudius learned of this "friend of lovers," and had him arrested. The emperor, impressed with the young priest's dignity and conviction, attempted to convert him to the roman gods, to save him from certain execution. Valentine refused to recognize Roman Gods and even attempted to convert the emperor, knowing the consequences fully.
On February 24, 270, Valentine was executed.

Poetry Contests - Awards for Children’s Literature and Poetry

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Awards for Children’s Literature and Poetry

2008 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children’s Poetry.

The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award was established in 1993 and is presented annually to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of children's poetry published in the previous calendar year. The award is made possible by a gift from Lee Bennett Hopkins himself and is administered by Pennsylvania State University College of Education and the Pennsylvania State University Libraries. Since its inception, the winning poet or anthologist has received a handsome plaque and now a $1000 honorarium made possible by Mr. Hopkins, himself a poet and anthologist.

Jane Addams Children’s Book Award

http://www.janeaddamspeace.org/

Annually awarded by the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's book that "most effectively promotes peace, social justice, world community and the equality of the sexes and all races."
2007
Books for Younger ChildrenA Place Where Sunflowers Grow (Children's Book Press) by Amy-Lee Tai, illustrated by Felicia Hoshino

Honor Books Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom (Cinco Puntos) by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridges; Night Boat to Freedom (Kroupa/Farrar) by Margot Theis Raven, pictures by E. B. Lewis
Books for Older ChildrenWeedflower (Simon) by Cynthia Kadohata

Honor Books Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Holiday) by Russell Freedman; Counting on Grace (Lamb/Random) by Elizabeth Winthrop

Aesop Prize

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Given annually by the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society to books for children and young adults, both fiction and nonfiction, that “enhance the reader’s understanding of folklore” and “reflect the culture and worldview of the people whose folklore is the focus of the book.”
2007
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: the Robin Hood of Korea (Charlesbridge) Retold by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Lugalbanda: the boy who got caught up in a war (Candlewick) Told by Kathy Henderson, illustrated by Jane Ray.

Africana Book Award

www.africanstudies.org/asa_childbook.html

Awarded annually by the African Studies Association to outstanding books about Africa.
2005
Young ChildrenHere Comes Our Bride! (Frances Lincoln) by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Older ReadersChandra's Secrets (Annick) by Allan Stratton

American Indian Youth Literature Award

http://www.ala.org/

Awarded to the best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.
2006
Picture BookBeaver Steals Fire: A Salish Coyote Story (University of Nebraska Press) by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, illustrated by Sam Sandoval
Middle SchoolThe Birchbark House (Hyperion) by Louise Erdrich
Young AdultHidden Roots (Scholastic) by Joseph Bruchac

Américas Awards

www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html

Awarded annually by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs to honor titles published in the United States that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
2007
JOSIAS, HOLD THE BOOK by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren. illus. by Nicole Tadgell (Boyds Mills)
THE POET SLAVE OF CUBA by Margarita Engle. Illus. by Sean Qualls (Henry Holt)

May Hill Arbuthnot Award www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/arbuthnothonor/arbuthnothonor.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to a distinguished individual who will prepare and deliver a paper which makes a significant contribution to the field of children's literature.
2008
David Macaulay, renowned author and illustrator

Audie Awards

http://www.audiopub.org/

Recognizes excellence in audio publishing.
2007
Children's Titles for Ages up to 8Knuffle Bunny (Weston Woods) by Mo Willems, narrated by Mo, Cheryl, and Trixie Willems
Children's Titles for Ages 8–11Listening for Lions (Recorded Books) by Gloria Whelan, narrated by Bianca Amato
Children's Titles for Ages 12+Airborn (Full Cast Audio) by Kenneth Oppel, narrated by David Kelly and a full cast

Audiobook Hall of Fame Award

http://www.audiopub.org/

Recognizes a lasting contribution to the audiobook industry.
2006
The Harry Potter series (Listening Library), narrated by Jim Dale

The Bank Street College of Education Awards

www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/awards.html

Awarded annually by the Bank Street School's Children's Book Committee to outstanding titles in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
2006
The Josette Frank Award (fiction)Each Little Bird That Sings (Harcourt) by Deborah Wiles
The Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (nonfiction)Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes (Houghton) by Pamela Turner
The Claudia Lewis Award (poetry)A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms (Candlewick) selected by Paul Janeczko, illustrated by Chris Raschka

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/%20batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the publisher of the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States
2007
Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, for The Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat, translated by Y. Maudet

Honor Books Miramax/Hyperion Books for The Last Dragon, written by Silvana de Mari, translated by Shaun Whiteside; and Delacorte Press for The Killer's Tears, written by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet.

Beacon of Freedom Award

www.wrl.org/BOFA/home.html

Presented annually by the Williamsburg Regional Library and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to an author whose work introduces American history, from Colonial times through the Civil War, to children in a historically accurate and engaging manner.
2005
Lottie’s Courage: A Contraband Slave’s Story (White Mane) by Phyllis Hall Haislip

Pura Belpré Award www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm

Awarded biennially by the American Library Association (ALA) to Latino writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience.
2006
Author AwardViola Canales for The Tequila Worm (Lamb/Random)

Honor Books César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! (Cavendish), written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and illustrated by David Diaz ; Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart (Knopf) written by Pat Mora and illustrated by Raul Colón and Becoming Naomi León (Scholastic) by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrator AwardRaul Colón for Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart (Knopf) written by Pat Mora.

Honor Books Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games (Lee & Low) by Lulu Delacre; César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! (Cavendish) written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and illustrated by David Diaz; and My Name Is Celia/Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La Vida de Celia Cruz (Luna Rising) written by Monica Brown and illustrated by Rafael López.

Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

www.hbook.com/bghb/

Awarded annually for excellence in literature for children and young adults.
2007
Picture BookDog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories (Porter/Roaring Brook) written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Honor Books 365 Penguins (Abrams) written by Jean-Luc Fromental, illustrated by Joelle Jolivet; and Wolves (Simon) written and illustrated by Emily Gravett
Fiction and PoetryThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party (Candlewick) by M. T. Anderson

Honor Books Clementine (Hyperion) written by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee; and Rex Zero and the End of the World (Kroupa/Farrar) by Tim Wynne-Jones
NonfictionThe Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr (Groundwood) written and illustrated by Nicolas Debon

Honor Books Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion (Houghton) by Loree Griffin Burns; and Escape! (Greenwillow) by Sid Fleischman

Caldecott Medal www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book.
2007
David Wiesner for Flotsam (Clarion)

Honor Books Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet (Walker) by David McLimans; Moses (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun) illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Carole Boston Weatherford

Carnegie Medal www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/carnegiemedal/carnegieterms/carnegiemedal.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) for excellence in children’s video.
2007
Weston Woods Studios for Knuffle Bunny, based on the book written by Mo Willems

Christopher Award

www.christophers.org/awardsmm.html

Awarded annually by the Christophers to books of literary distinction which "affirm the highest values of the human spirit."
2007
Preschool Hero Cat (Cavendish) written by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen
Ages 6–8How We Are Smart (Lee) written by W. Nikola-Lisa, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Ages 8–10The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Candlewick) written by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Ages 10–12Listen! (HarperCollins) by Stephanie S. Tolan
Young AdultBread and Roses, Too (Clarion) by Katherine Paterson

Edgar Awards

www.mysterywriters.org/pages/awards/winners06.htm

Recognizes the best mystery writing of the year.
2007
Juvenile ReadersRoom One: A Mystery or Two (Simon) by Andrew Clements
Young AdultBuried (Dutton) by Robin Merrow MacCready

Margaret A. Edwards Award www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/margaretedwards.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Assocation (ALA) to an author for a lifetime contribution in writing books of enduring popularity with teenagers.
2007
Lois Lowry for The Giver (Houghton)

Will Eisner Comic Industry Award

www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml

Awarded annually to honor the best publications in the comics industry.
2006
Best Publication for a Younger Audience Owly: Flying Lessons (Top Shelf) by Andy Runton

Sid Fleischman Humor Award

www.scbwi.org/awards.htm

Awarded annually to an SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) author whose work exemplifies excellence in humor writing.
2005
Absolutely Positively Not (Levine/Scholastic) by David LaRochelle

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/geiselaward/GeiselAward.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) for outstanding books for beginning readers.
2007
Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways (Candlewick) written and illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Honor Books Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (Candlewick) written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen; Move Over, Rover! (Harcourt) written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by Jane Dyer; Not a Box (HarperCollins) written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis

Giverny Award

www.15degreelab.com/award06.html

Awarded annually by the 15 Degree Laboratory at Louisiana State University to a distinguished children’s science picture book.
2006
Daniel and His Walking Stick (Peachtree) by Wendy McCormick, illustrated by Constance R. Bergum

Golden Duck Award

www.goldenduck.org/winners.php

For excellence in children’s science fiction literature.
2005
Picture BookScience Verse (Viking) by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
Middle GradeThe Supernaturalist (Hyperion) by Eoin Colfer
Young AdultBalance of Trade (Meisha Merlin Publishing) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller

Golden Kite Award

http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm

Given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) to outstanding books written or illustrated by SCBWI members.
2006
FictionFiregirl (Little) by Tony Abbott
NonfictionThe Adventures of Marco Polo (Levine/Scholastic) by Russell Freedman
Picture Book TextJazz (Holiday) by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers
Picture Book IllustrationNot Afraid of Dogs (Walker) illustrated by Larry Day, written by Susanna Pitzer

Gryphon Award

www.lis.uiuc.edu/~ccb/gryphon.html

Awarded annually by the Center for Children's Books at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana to the author of an outstanding English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in grades K–4.
2007
The True Story of Stellina (Knopf) by Matteo Pericoli

Honor Books Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea (Candlewick) by Chris Butterworth, illustrated by John Lawrence; Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything (Scholastic) by Lenore Look, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf; Good Boy, Fergus! (Blue Sky/Scholastic) by David Shannon

Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award

http://www.dddcec.org/secondarypages/dollygray/Dolly_Gray_Children

Awarded biennially by the Council for Exceptional Children to a work of children's fiction that portrays individuals with developmental disabilities.
2004
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Doubleday) by Mark Haddon

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children’s Poetry

http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/hopkins/workingLBH3.html

Awarded annually to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of children's poetry.
2007
Jazz (Holiday) written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers

Honor Books Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems (HarperCollins) written by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Carin Berger; The Braid (Foster/Farrar) by Helen Frost; Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art (Chronicle) written by Diane Siebert, illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson

Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Book Award

www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/nyplawards.htm

Awarded annually by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to “recognize and encourage authors and illustrators new to the field of children's books.”
2007
Kristen Balouch, illustrator and author of Mystery Bottle (Hyperion)
Kelly Cunnane, author of For You are a Kenyan Child (Atheneum), illustrated by Ana Juan

Kerlan Award

http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/awards.php#3

Awarded annually “in recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children’s literature and in appreciation for generous donation of unique resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children’s literature.”
2005
Ted Rand

Coretta Scott King Award

www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults that demonstrate sensitivity to "the true worth and value of all beings."
2007
Coretta Scott King Author AwardSharon Draper for Copper Sun (Atheneum)

Honor Award Nikki Grimes for The Road to Paris (Putnam)
Coretta Scott King Illustrator AwardKadir Nelson for Moses (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun), written by Carole Boston Weatherford

Honor Awards Christopher Myers for Jazz (Holiday), written by Walter Dean Myers; Benny Andrews for Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes (Sterling), edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award
2007
Traci L. Jones for Standing Against the Wind (Farrar)

Laureate for Children's Poetry

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/

Honors a living poet for excellence in and commitment to writing poetry for children.
2006-2007
Jack Prelutsky

Los Angeles Times Book Prize

www.latimes.com/extras/bookprizes

Awarded annually by the Los Angeles Times.
2006
Young Adult FictionTyrell (Push/Scholastic) by Coe Booth

MacArthur Fellowship Award

http://www.macfound.org/

Awarded annually by the Los Angeles Times, the fellowship honors "extraordinary originality and dedication in...creative pursuits."
2006
David Macaulay

James Madison Book Award

www.jamesmadisonbookaward.org/

Awarded annually to honor “excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to readers ages five to fourteen.”
2007
A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat by Joan Dash, illus. by Dusan Petricic (FS&G)

Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association

www.mountainsplains.org/rbacurrentwinners.html

Chosen to honor outstanding books which are set in the mountains and plains region.
2006
Young AdultBear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl (McElderry/Simon) by Thelma Hatch Wyss.

National Book Award in Young People's Literature

http://www.nationalbook.org/

Awarded annually by the National Book Foundation to the year's most distinguished book for young people.
2007
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, illus. by Ellen Forney (Little)

Finalists Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic, Book One by Kathleen Duey (Atheneum); Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin (Atheneum); The Invention of Hugo Cabret written and illus. by Brian Selznick (Scholastic); Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr (Little)

National Outdoor Book Award

www.isu.edu/outdoor/books/index.html

Awarded annually to “encourage outstanding writing and publishing in the outdoor field.”
2006
Children's BookKelly of Hazel Ridge (Sleeping Bear) by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuysen, illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuysen; Gaia Girls Enter the Earth (Daisyworld) by Lee Welles

NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

www.ou.edu/worldlit/NSK/NSK.htm

Awarded biennially by the University of Oklahoma and its quarterly, World Literature Today, to an accomplished contemporary writer of children’s literature.
2006
Katherine Paterson

Newbery Medal

www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/aboutnewbery/aboutnewbery.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2007
Susan Patron for The Higher Power of Lucky (Jackson/Atheneum), illustrated by Matt Phelan

Honor Books Penny from Heaven (Random) by Jennifer L. Holm; Hattie Big Sky (Delacorte) by Kirby Larson; and Rules (Scholastic) by Cynthia Lord

Sterling North Legacy AwardAwarded for outstanding contributions in the field of childen's literature.
2006
Kevin Henkes

Andre Norton Award

Given to recognize outstanding science fiction and fantasy for young adults. www.sfwa.org/awards/2007/index.html
2007
Magic or Madness (Penguin/Razorbill) by Justin Larbalestier

Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction

www.scottodell.com/odellaward.html

Awarded annually to a work of historical fiction set in the Americas.
2008
Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic) by Christopher Paul Curtis

Once Upon a World Children's Book Award

www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=fwLYKnN8LzH&b=242746

Given annually by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to a book for six- to ten-year-olds that promotes the themes of tolerance, diversity, human understanding, and social justice.
2005
Ellington Was Not a Street (Simon) by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson

PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writing Fellowship

www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/281

Awarded annually by PEN to an author of children's or young-adult fiction whose “work is of high literary caliber but has not yet attracted a broad readership.”
2006
Barbara Shoup

Pennsylvania Center for the BookA Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy

www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/FamilyLit

Awarded to recognize picture books that "best fulfill the goals of family literacy programs across the nation: to create lifelong readers and lovers of books, and start with the youngest audience — preschool children.

Phoenix Award

www.childlitassn.org/Phoenix_Award.html

Given annually to a children's book that did not win a major award at the time of publication twenty years earlier, but that continues to inspire young readers.
1988/2008
Eva (Delacorte) by Peter Dickinson

Honor Book The Devil's Arithmetic (Viking) by Jane Yolen

Michael L. Printz Award

www.ala.org/yalsa/printz

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to a book that best exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
2007
American Born Chinese (First Second/Roaring Brook) by Gene Luen Yang

Honor Books The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party (Candlewick) by M. T. Anderson; An Abundance of Katherines (Dutton) by John Green; Surrender (Candlewick) by Sonya Hartnett; and The Book Thief (Knopf) written by Markus Zusak

Regina Medal

www.cathla.org/awards_regina.php

Awarded annually by the Catholic Library Association for “continued, distinguished contribution to children’s literature without regard to the nature of the contribution.”
2008
Vera B. Williams

Schneider Family Book Award

www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/prfeb2004/SchneiderFamilyBookAw.htm

Given to honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience.
2007
Children The Deaf Musicians (Putnam) written by Pete Seeger and Paul Dubois Jacobs, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Middle School Rules (Scholastic) by Cynthia Lord
Teen Small Steps (Delacorte) by Louis Sachar

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm

Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the most distinguished informational book.
2007
Catherine Thimmesh, author of Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon (Houghton).

Honor Books Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement (National Geographic) by Ann Bausum; Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea (Houghton) by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop; To Dance (Jackson/Atheneum) by Siena Cherson Siegel, illustrated by Mark Siegel

Sydney Taylor Book Award

www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm

Awarded annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries "to outstanding books of positive Jewish content."
2008
Younger ReadersThe Bedtime Sh'ma: A Good Night Book (EKS Publishing) by Sarah Gershman, illustrated by Kristina Swarner
Older ReadersThe Entertainer and the Dybbuk (Harper) by Sid Fleischman
Teen BookStrange Relations (Knopf) by Sonia Levitin

Washington Post-Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction

http://www.childrensbookguild.org/

Awarded annually by the Washington Post and the Children's Book Guild of Washington DC to an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children
2006
Sneed B. Collard III

E.B. White Read Aloud Book Award

www.abfc.com/ebwhite.html

Awarded annually by the Association of Booksellers for Children to “reflect the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E.B White in his classic books for children.”
2007
Picture BookHoundsley and Catina (Candlewick) by James Howe, illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Older ReadersAlabama Moon (Farrar) by Watt Key

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm Awarded biennially by the American Library Association (ALA) to an author or illustrator whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
2007
James Marshall

Willa Award

http://www.womenwritingthewest.org/

Awarded annually by Women Writing the West to an outstanding book set in the West that features women’s stories.
2006
A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon – 1845 (Oregon Historical Society Press) by Linda Crew

Honor Books Anna’s Blizzard (Peachtree) by Alison Hart; Under A Stand Still Moon (Brown Barn) by Ann Howard Creel

Young Adults’ Choices

www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices_young_adults.html

Annually awarded by International Reading Association and selected by young readers across the country. The annotated list of honored titles is published in the fall issue of list of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Charlotte Zolotow Award

www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/zolotow.asp

Awarded annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States.
2007
Peter McCarty for Moon Plane (Holt)

Honor Books Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding (Schwartz/Atheneum) by Lenore Look, illustrated by Yumi Heo; Mrs. Crump's Cat (Harper) by Linda Smith, illustrated by David Roberts

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