National Recognitions Bestowed Upon Two Authors Featured in Originally Produced Interviews by TeachingBooks.net
Chief Joseph Medicine Crow, the 95-year-old author, historian, and storyteller, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 12th from President Obama.
Anthony Browne was appointed as the United Kingdom’s sixth Children’s Laureate on June 9th.
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In this post I've highlighted summer's bounty with a smorgasbord of multimedia materials about books and authors that celebrate food. In her 2004 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park commented that she didn't trust a character until she knew what they ate. I wondered, "Would she trust a character that was made of food?"