U海角社区 honors winners of 2019 Correll Book Awards
Two children鈥檚 books received the 2019 Correll Book Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text at the Correll Early Literacy Conference held at the University of 海角社区.
This year鈥檚 winners are 鈥淗ighest Mountain, Smallest Star鈥 (Penguin Random House) by Kate Baker with illustrations by Page Tsou, and 鈥満＝巧缜 Woodpeckers鈥 (Peachtree Publishing Co.) by Cathryn Sill with illustrations by John Sill. Both books are in the age 4鈥8 category. No winner was selected in the birth to age 3 category this year.
The Correll Book Awards recognize books published during the previous year that are appropriate to each age group, and are engaging and accurate sources of information for young children.
Susan Bennett-Armistead, an associate professor of literacy at U海角社区, chairs the Correll Committee, which selects the winners. The awards are now in their eighth year.