Browsing: Award Winners

This Spring, the national celebration of Screen Free Week is April 29 – May 5. With 22 days to go, we are so incredibly lucky to chat with Newbery Medal winner Calre Vanderpool (MOON OVER MANIFEST, 2011) about her latest novel, NAVIGATING EARLY, and her thoughts on being screen free.

Oliver Jeffers describes himself as “a maker of art,” but he’s really much more than this. He’s an extraordinary painter, designer, and author of many award-winning picture books. His latest picture book “This Moose Belongs to Me” concerns the trials and tribulations with ownership, antlers, and the rules of being a good pet. We’re honored to feature his thoughts on writing, illustrating, and bookmaking.

Teaching children to be compassionate—to understand someone else’s suffering and to try and alleviate that suffering—is not easy. Here are a few books that can help impart the message that being kind to one another is essential and that the golden rule is paramount.