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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Young, Terrell A.; Ward, Barbara A. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2011
If an entire village is needed to raise a child, and the successful launch of the Apollo XI required 400,000 men and women, then surely it stands to reason that a book that wins the 2009 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction also must have required a team of talented individuals, each contributing some direction and adding some…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Publishing Industry, Authors, Illustrations
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Ward, Barbara A. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2008
David Wiesner's 2007 Caldecott Medal-winning "Flotsam" blends the events of everyday life with the surreal. As he often does in his picture books, Wiesner plays with size and scale, opening "Flotsam" with a full-page illustration of a sand crab and the enormous eye behind it before pulling back on the second page to reveal the creature's actual…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Picture Books, Illustrations, Childrens Literature
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Young, Terrell A.; Ward, Barbara A. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2007
The National Council of Teachers of English awarded the coveted nonfiction prize to "Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea." Written by Sy Montgomery, with photographs by Nic Bishop, the book was further honored as a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor recipient by the Association for Library…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Anthropology, Editing, Foreign Countries