Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
American literary award
The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was an American literary award conferred on several books by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979. Award-winning books were deemed to "belong on the same shelf" as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass Lewis Carroll , having enough of the qualities of his work.
Seventeen books were awarded in 1958, including only two from the 1950s. Seven were named in 1979, all except two from the 1970s. Although short, the last class was also diverse, with one wordless picture book, The Snowman Raymond Briggs , and one fictionalized biography, The Road from Home David Kherdian , about his mother's childhood during the Armenian genocide and its aftermath.
The selection process included nominations by trade paperback editors, who were permitted to name one book annually from their trade catalogs. The Component Analysis Selector Tool rated trade books on authenticity, universality, insight, symbol systems–craftsmanship, impact, genre comparison, field setting of reader and test of time.[clarification needed
The purpose was to identify and promote outstanding thoughts among the mediocre communications available in an open society .[ 1]
The list was established by Dr. David C. Davis
with the assistance of Professor Lola Pierstorff, Director Instructional Materials Center, University of Wisconsin, and Madeline Allen Davis, WHA Wisconsin Public Radio . Awards were announced and presented at the annual Wisconsin Book Conference, which featured speakers such as Dr. Seuss , William Steig , Helga Sandburg , Arna Bontemps , Nat Hentoff , Paul Engle , Jean George , Ed Emberley , Charlemae Rollins , Watts poet Jimmy Sherman , Maurice Sendak , Holling C. Holling , Pamela Travers , Ann Nolan Clark , Louise Lemp , Frank Luther , and Ramon Coffman (Uncle Ray).[ 2] [ 3]
Winners
1958 Beatrix Potter , The Tale of Peter Rabbit Kenneth Grahame , The Wind in the Willows Hugh Lofting , The Story of Doctor Dolittle A. A. Milne , The World of Pooh – comprising Winnie-the-Pooh The House at Pooh Corner Wanda Gág , Millions of Cats Watty Piper , The Little Engine That Could Laura Ingalls Wilder , Little House in the Big Woods Carol Ryrie Brink , Caddie Woodlawn Glen Rounds , Ol' Paul, the Mighty Logger James Cloyd Bowman , Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time Richard and Florence Atwater , Mr. Popper's Penguins (1938), illus. Robert LawsonEsphyr Slobodkina , Caps for Sale Dr. Seuss , Horton Hatches the Egg Rachel Field , Prayer for a Child Elizabeth Orton Jones who won the annual Caldecott Medal for that workCatherine Cate Coblentz , The Blue Cat of Castle Town Eleanor Farjeon , The Little Bookroom René Guillot , The 397th White Elephant ‡ illustrated by the author 1959 Frances Hodgson Burnett , The Secret Garden Maj Lindman , Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes Laura E. Richards , Tirra Lirra: New Rhymes and Old (1932)Jean de Brunhoff , Story of Babar Histoire de Babar (1931) ‡Kate Seredy , The White Stag Claire Huchet Bishop , The Five Chinese Brothers Armstrong Sperry , Call It Courage Virginia Lee Burton , The Little House Carolyn Treffinger , Li Lun, Lad of Courage Leon Wilson , This Boy Cody (1950), illus. Ursula KoeringE. B. White , Charlotte's Web Alice Dalgliesh , The Courage of Sarah Noble Philippa Pearce , The Minnow Leads to Treasure Minnow on the Say (1955)‡ illustrated by the author 1960 Rudyard Kipling , The Jungle Book John Lockwood Kipling L. Leslie Brooke , Johnny Crow's Garden: A Picture Book (1903) ‡Elizabeth Foreman Lewis , Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Walter D. Edmonds , The Matchlock Gun H. A. Rey and Margret Rey , Curious George Takes a Job Mary Norton , The Borrowers Kathleen Lines, compiler, Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes (1954), illustrated by Harold Jones †
Joseph Krumgold , Onion John Glen Rounds , The Blind Colt (1960) ‡‡ illustrated by the author † The British Library Association in 1955 gave illustrator Jones special commendation for its annual Carnegie Medal and established the companion Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration.
1961 Rachel Field , Hitty, Her First Hundred Years (1929), illus. Dorothy P. LathropRobert H. Charles , A Roundabout Turn (1930), illus. L. Leslie Brooke Dr. Seuss , And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Robert Lawson , Ben and Me Doris Gates , Blue Willow Eleanor Estes , The Moffats Marguerite Henry , Misty of Chincoteague Marguerite de Angeli , The Door in the Wall (1949) ‡Erich Kästner , When I Was A Little Boy (1959); originally German, Als ich ein kleiner Junge war (1957) – autobiographyRené Guillot , Grishka and the Bear (1959), illus. Joan Kiddell-Monroe ; originally French, Grichka et son ours (1958)Scott O'Dell , Island of the Blue Dolphins ‡ illustrated by the author 1962 Hans Christian Andersen , Thumbelina Tommelise (1835), illus. Vilhelm PedersenMark Twain , Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Beatrix Potter , The Tailor of Gloucester Charles Boardman Hawes , The Dark Frigate A. A. Milne , The World of Christopher Robin – comprising When We Were Very Young Now We Are Six Robert Davis, Padre Porko: The Gentlemanly Pig (1939), illus. Fritz Eichenberg
Holling C. Holling , Paddle-to-the-Sea Louise Rankin , Daughter of the Mountains C. S. Lewis , The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe William O. Steele , Winter Danger (1954)Walter de la Mare , A Penny a Day (1960 collection), illus. Paul E. KennedyLeo Lionni , Inch by Inch (1960) ‡Sorche Nic Leodhas , Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland (1962)‡ illustrated by the author 1963 Charles Kingsley , The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby Joel Chandler Harris , Uncle Remus, His Songs and Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation [ 4] Frank R. Stockton , The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1885)Kenneth Grahame , The Reluctant Dragon Cornelia Meigs , Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings , The Yearling Robert Lawson , Rabbit Hill Eloise Jarvis McGraw , Moccasin Trail Meindert DeJong , The Wheel on the School Philippa Pearce , Tom's Midnight Garden Rafaello Busoni [de ] , The Man Who Was Don Quixote: The Story of Miguel Cervantes (1958), biography[ 5] Wilhelm Hauff , Dwarf Long Nose (1960), illus. Maurice Sendak; originally German, Der Zwerg Nase (1826)George Selden , The Cricket in Times Square Jean Merrill , The Superlative Horse: A Tale of Ancient China (1961)[ 6] Pauline Clarke , The Return of the Twelve (US); originally The Twelve and the Genii Shirley Glubok , The Art of Ancient Egypt (1962)[ 7] Hertha Seuberlich , Annuzza: A Girl of Romania (1962); originally German 1961(?)[ 8] ‡ illustrated by the author 1964 Hans Christian Andersen , The Nightingale Nattergalen (1843), illus. Vilhelm PedersenFrances Hodgson Burnett , A Little Princess Félicité Lefèvre , The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen: An Old Tale Retold (1925)Will James , Smoky the Cowhorse Marjorie Flack , The Story About Ping Ruth Sawyer , Roller Skates Harold Keith , Rifles for Watie Aline Glasgow , Old Wind and Liu Li-San (1962), illus. Bernard GlasgowMadeleine L'Engle , A Wrinkle in Time Joan Aiken , The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Helga Sandburg , Joel and the Wild Goose (1963), illus. Thomas Aquinas Daly Maurice Sendak , Where the Wild Things Are Louisa R. Shotwell , Roosevelt Grady (1963), illus. Peter Burchard Jean Merrill , The Pushcart War [ 6] Anthony Fon Eisen , Bond of the Fire (1965), illus. W. T. Mars[ 9] [ 10] ‡ illustrated by the author 1965 1966 ‡ illustrated by the author 1967 1968 L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Rose Dobbs , No Room: An old story (1944), illus. Fritz Eichenberg Ruth Stiles Gannett , My Father's Dragon Margot Benary-Isbert , The Ark (1953); originally German, Die Arche Noah (1948)Stephen Dunning, Edward Lueders, and Hugh Smith, eds., Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle... and other Modern Verse
William Mayne , Earthfasts (1966)Barbara Emberley, Drummer Hoff Ed Emberley who won the Caldecott Medal for that work
E. L. Konigsburg , From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler George Mendoza , The Hunter I Might Have Been (1968), photographs by DeWayne DalrympleBrinton Turkle , The Fiddler of High Lonesome (1968) ‡Jane Yolen , The Emperor and the Kite Ed Young who won the Caldecott Medal for that work‡ illustrated by the author 1969 Hardie Gramatky , Little Toot Maureen Daly , Seventeenth Summer Lucy M. Boston , The Children of Green Knowe Sid Fleischman , McBroom Tells the Truth (1966), illus. Kurt WerthEdmund Carpenter , ed., The Story of Comock the Eskimo as told to Robert Flaherty (1968), with Eskimo sketchesWeyman Jones , Edge of Two Worlds (1968), illus. J. C. KocsisMehlli Gobhai , Usha the Mouse Maiden (1969) ‡ – Indian folk tale retoldGlen Rounds , Wild Horses of the Red Desert (1969) ‡‡ illustrated by the author 1970 Howard Pyle , Otto of the Silver Hand Phil Stong , Honk the Moose (1935), illus. Kurt WieseOliver Butterworth , The Enormous Egg (1956), illus. Louis DarlingElizabeth Enright , Gone-Away Lake Alan Garner , The Weirdstone of Brisingamen Randall Jarrell , The Animal Family Maurice Sendak Phillip Viereck , The Summer I Was Lost (1965)Betty Kelen, Gautama Buddha, In Life and Legend (1967) – biography
Zilpha Keatley Snyder , The Egypt Game Betsy Byars , The Midnight Fox (1968), illus. Ann GrifalconiAstrid Lindgren , The Tomten (Swedish; English 1968?), based on the 1881 poem by Viktor Rydberg, illus. Harald Wiberg – see also Tomte Julius Lester , compiler, To Be a Slave Tom Feelings [ 11] William H. Armstrong , Sounder (1969), illus. James Barkley Eilís Dillon , A Herd of Deer (1969), US edition illus. Richard KennedyTheodore Taylor , The Cay Jesse Stuart , Old Ben (1970), illus. Richard Cuffari‡ illustrated by the author 1971 Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , Undine James Weldon Johnson , Lift Every Voice and Sing Margery Williams , The Velveteen Rabbit Ellis Credle , Down, Down the Mountain (1934) ‡Sheila Burnford , The Incredible Journey Reginald Ottley , Boy Alone (1966); originally By the Sandhills of Yamboorah (1965), illus. Clyde PearsonEsther Hautzig , The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia (1968) – memoirKristin Hunter , The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou (1968)Mary Q. Steele , Journey Outside (1969), illus. Rocco NegriDuncan Emrich , compiler, The Nonsense Book of Riddles, Rhymes, Tongue Twisters, Puzzles, and Jokes from American Folklore (1970), illus. Ib OhlssonRosemary Sutcliff , The Witch's Brat (1970), illus. Richard LebensonIda Chittum , Farmer Hoo and the Baboons (1971), illus. Glen Rounds‡ illustrated by the author 1972 Hope Newell , The Little Old Woman Who Used Her Head (1935), illus. Margaret RuseVirginia Kahl , The Duchess Bakes a Cake (1955) ‡Nina Kosterina , The Diary of Nina Kosterina (1968); originally Russian (1964)Julia Cunningham , Dorp Dead James D. Forman , Ceremony of Innocence (1970)Jan Adkins , The Art and Industry of Sand Castles: Being an Illustrated Guide ... (1971) ‡William Pène du Bois , Bear Circus (1971) ‡Virginia Hamilton , The Planet of Junior Brown Russell Hoban , Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Lillian Hoban Alexander Key , The Forgotten Door (1971)Robert C. O'Brien , Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), illus. Zena BernsteinJay Williams , The Hawkstone (1971)Julius Lester , Long Journey Home: Stories from Black History (1972) – anthologyYuri Suhl , Simon Boom Gives a Wedding (1972), illus. Margot Zemach ‡ illustrated by the author 1973 Edward Ardizzone , Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936) ‡Astrid Lindgren , Pippi Longstocking Louis S. Glanzman ; originally Swedish, Pippi Långstrump (1945), illus. Ingrid Nyman – first in a seriesAnne Holm , I Am David North to Freedom (1965); originally Danish, David (1963)Deborah Crawford , Four Women in a Violent Time (1970)Jean Russell Larson , Jack Tar (1970), illus. Mercer Mayer Marilyn Harris , The Runaway's Diary (1971)Charlotte Baker , Cockleburr Quarters (1972)Nancy Ekholm Burkert , illustrator, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: A Fairy Tale by the Brothers GrimmSchneewittchen (1812)Julius Lester , The Knee High Man and Other Tales (1972), illus. Ralph Pinto – anthologyGerald McDermott , Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti Jane Yolen , The Girl Who Loved the Wind (1972), illus. Ed YoungLynd Ward , illustrator, The Silver Pony: A Story in Pictures 1974
No award[ 12] 1975 Lewis Carroll, The Pig-Tale (1975[1893]), illustrated by Leonard B. Lubin – picture book with text by Carroll, verse from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded , chapter 23
Alice Childress , A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Sandwich Vera and Bill Cleaver , Dust of the Earth (1975)Leonard B. Lubin, illustrator, The Pig-Tale (1975), 1893 poem by Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno Concluded , chapter 23 1976 ‡ illustrated by the author 1977 ‡ illustrated by the author 1978 Verna Aardema , Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale (1977[1969]), illus. Leo and Diane DillonJohn Steptoe , Stevie (1969) ‡William Steig , Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Natalie Babbitt , Tuck Everlasting Bettyanne Gray , Manya's Story (1976), later Manya's Story: Faith and Survival in Revolutionary Russia – biographyNorma Fox Mazer , Dear Bill, Remember Me? and other stories (1976)Julia Cunningham , Come to the Edge (1977)Ilse Koehn , Mischling, Second Degree: My Childhood in Nazi Germany (1977) – autobiographyKatherine Paterson , Bridge to Terabithia Peter Spier , Noah's Ark Sonia Levitin , The No-Return Trail (1978) – about the Bartleson–Bidwell Party , fictionalizedGlen Rounds , Mr. Yowder and the Giant Bull Snake (1978) ‡‡ illustrated by the author 1979 Bernard Waber , Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Ursula K. Le Guin , A Wizard of Earthsea Robert Cormier , The Chocolate War Laurence Yep , Dragonwings Raymond Briggs , illustrator, The Snowman David Kherdian , The Road from Home Nancy Willard , The Island of the Grass King: The Further Adventures of Anatole (1979), illus. David McPhail‡ illustrated by the author
References
^ Wofford, Azile (1962). Book selection for school libraries H. W. Wilson Co. p. 282 . ^ Award List. "Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Winners", Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Collection, Living Arts Corporation, Loveland, Colorado. Literary laurels: a reader's guide to award-winning children's books . Hillyard. ISBN 978-0-9647361-1-5 . pp. 25–34.
^ Miller, Marilyn Lea (2003). Pioneers and leaders in library services to youth . Westport CT: Libraries Unlimited. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-59158-028-7 ^
Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings: the folk-lore of the old ...
^ The Man Who Was Don Quixote by Rafaello Busoni Kirkus Reviews ^ a b "Jean Merrill Papers" . De Grummond Children's Literature Collection ; The University of Southern Mississippi (lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum). May 16, 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-31 .^
Formats and Editions of The art of ancient Egypt WorldCat (worldcat.org). Retrieved 2012-10-06.
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Annuza, A Girl of Romania by Hertha Seuberlich Kirkus Reviews . No date (contemporary to the reviewed book, published October 10, 1962). Retrieved 2012-10-06.
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To Be A Slave
^ Jones, Dolores Blythe (1994). Children's Literature Awards and Winners: A Directory of Prizes, Authors and Illustrators , 3rd ed. Detroit: Neal-Schuman in association with Gale Research Co. ISBN 978-0-8103-0171-9 .
