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Charlotte Zolotow Award

All items prefixed with an asterisk (*) are held by James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University--Commerce

Charlotte Zolotow Award is sponsored by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The award is given annually. The award recognizes outstanding writing in a picture book for children from birth to age seven.



2002 Award Winners:

*Clever Beatrice Margaret Willey (Illustrated by Heather Solomon) (Atheneum) [[Juv. W669cl]

Honor Book:

*Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins (Illustrated by Tomak Bogacki)(Farrar, Straus, Giroux) (Juv. J4157fi)

Highly Commended:

*Henry’s First Moon Birthday by Lenore Look (Illustrated by Yumi Helo. (Anne Schwartz/Atheneum, 2001) [Juv. L872he]
*Mabela the Clever by Margaret Read MacDonald, Illustrated by Tim Coffey. (Albert Whitman, 2001) [Juv. 398.2 M145ma]
*Come Back, Hannah by Marisabina Russo (Greenwillow/HarperCollins, 2001) [Juv. R9128co]
*Gugu’s House by Catherine Stock (Clarion 2001) [Juv. St618g]
*Grump by Janet S. Wong, Illustrated by John Wallace. (Margaret K. McElderry, 2001) [Juv. W8473gr]

2001 Award Winners:

The Night Worker Kate Banks (Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben) (Frances Foster/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2000) [On Order]

Honor Book:

Wings Christopher Myers (Scholastic Press 2000) [On Order]

Highly Commended

If You Find a Rock Peggy Christian (Illustrated by Barbara Hirsch Lember) (Harcourt 2000) [Juv. 552 C462i]
Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type Doreen Cronin (Illustrated by Betsy Lewin) (Simon & Schuster) [Juv. C8814c]
The Good Luck Cat Joy Harjo (Illustrated by Paul Lee) (Harcourt 2000)
Yoshi's Feast Kimiko Kajikawa (Illustrated by Yumi Heo) (Melanie Kroupa/DK Inc 2000)
Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children Sandra L. Pinkney (Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney) (Scholastic 2000)
When Winter Comes Nancy Van Laan (Illustrated by Susan Gaber) (Anne Schwartz/Atheneum 2000)
This page compiled by Marsha Keenan  Last update June 2002

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