Get Set, Ready Now, Jump Right In!

NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children

Beverly N. BullockMLIS 5040April 24, 2010

NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children Who?

National Council of Teachers of English What?

Award to honor a living American poet for his or her entire life-time of poetry writing for children

Why? Writing excellent poetry for children ages 3 to 13

years old When?

Well. . . that depends.

And the winner is . . . David McCord, 1977 Aileen Fisher, 1978 Karla Kuskin, 1979 Myra Cohn Livingston,

1980 Eve Merriam, 1981 John Ciardi, 1982 Lillian Moore, 1985 Arnold Adoff, 1988

Valerie Worth, 1991 Barbara Juster

Esbensen, 1994 Eloise Greenfield, 1997 X. J. Kennedy, 2000 Mary Ann Hoberman,

2003 Nikki Grimes, 2006 Lee Bennett Hopkins,

2009

How?

Imagination Voice Entire poetry collection Excellence Appeal to children

Some recent winners Mary Ann Hoberman

2003

Nikki Grimes 2006

Lee Bennett Hopkins 2009

Jump Rope Rhyme

Zuri Jackson. That’s my name.

Count to three, it’s still the same.

Turn the rope and watch me spin.

Quick, Danitra! Jump on in!

Nikki Grimes

References www.clipartof.com/details/clipart/80535.html http://www.maryannhoberman.com/ http://www.ncte.org/ http://www.nikkigrimes.com/ Vardell, S. (2006). Poetry aloud here. Chicago:

American Library Association.