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2010 Once Upon A World Children’s Book Award Calls For Submissions
The Once Upon A World Children’s Book Award, annually honors children’s books (ages six to ten) , which best represent the values of tolerance, diversity, human understanding and social justice. Previous winners include South Africa author Elinor Sisulu with The Day Gogo Went to Vote and American author Ntozake Shange with Ellington Was Not a Street. Read more here.The Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance Library and Archives welcomes submissions for the 2010 Once Upon A World Children’s Book Award. We invite book publishers and members of the public to nominate children’s books that meet the following selection criteria:
1. Depict heroic deeds that lead to tolerance and social justice.
2. Promote acceptance of social and personal responsibility.
3. Portray good communications between people.
4. Show a sense of urgency and empowerment of the individual.
5. Convey the importance of history.
6. Published in the English language (translations acceptable).
7. Are fiction or non-fiction.
8. Published in 2009.
9. Intended for an audience of young readers (ages 6-10) or young adults (ages 11+)
How to Submit
o Publishers
Please send four copies of the book for consideration to:
Adaire Klein, Director of Library and Archival Services
Simon Wiesenthal Center/Museum of Tolerance
1399 South Roxbury Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90035-4709
o Members of the Public
We invite you to tell us about books that have made an impression on you, that have encouraged you to think differently about your fellow man. Please submit your suggestions with the following information to bookaward@wiesenthal.net – title, author, publisher and ISBN (if available).
o Deadline for submissions is April 20, 2010
The winners will be announced in June, 2010 and presented with an award of a plaque, $1,000 and hotel accommodations to attend the award ceremony to take place on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
Book details
- The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Sisulu, illustrated by Sharon Wilson
Ages 4 to 8
EAN: 9780316702713
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- Ellington Was Not A Street by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Ages 8 to 12
EAN: 9780689828843
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- The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Sisulu, illustrated by Sharon Wilson
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