Antioch University Los Angeles’ Education Department is honored to announce Pam Muñoz Ryan as the 2021 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award recipient for Mañanaland (Scholastic Press).
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The Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award honors children’s literature that best exemplifies the ideals of social action and encourages young readers to become agents of change themselves by standing up to injustice. The Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award will be formally presented to Muñoz Ryan on May 20, 2021, at the 14th Annual Upstanders Book Award Ceremony. The ceremony will be held virtually from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (PT). Register for the live presentation and conversation at news.antioch.edu/upstanders-award.
Jane Addams Children s Book Awards Announced By Cady Zeng | Jan 21, 2021
The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced the recipients of the 2021 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards. The winner in the Books for Younger Children category is
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illus. by Michaela Goade (Roaring Brook). The winner in the Books for Older Children category is
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick). Additionally, two Honor Books were named in the Books for Younger Children category:
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean’s Biggest Secret by Jess Keating, illus. by Katie Hickey (Tundra); and