StoryMakers: 2016 Irma Black Award and Cook Prize
KidLit TV returned to the Bank Street College of Education for the 2016 Irma Black Award and Cook Prize ceremony. StoryMakers host Rocco Staino interviewed event MC, Scott Magoon, the 2016 Irma Black Award and Cook Prize winners, and honor book recipients.
Both the Irma Black Award and Cook Prize recognize outstanding children’s books. Continue reading to see the list of winners and honor books, and to learn more about the origin of the award and prize.
INTERVIEWS
We’ve provided time stamps (in parentheses) for the interviews conducted during this episode of StoryMakers On Location.
- Scott Magoon, event MC and recipient of the 2013 Irma Black Award (00:26)
- Anne Vittur Kennedy, Irma Black Honor (03:15)
- Laurie Wallmark, Cook Prize Honor (04:56)
- Lisa Kahn Schnell, Cook Prize Honor (06:42)
- Mara Rockliff, Cook Prize Winner (09:58)
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2016 IRMA BLACK AWARD and COOK PRIZE (WINNERS/HONORS)
Irma S. and James H. Black Award Winner
It’s Only Stanley
Written and illustrated by Jon Agee
Published by Dial Books
Irma S. and James H. Black Honor Books
Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook
Written and illustrated by Anne Vittur Kennedy
Published by Candlewick Press
Red: A Crayon’s Story
Written and illustrated by Michael Hall
Published by Greenwillow Books
You Can Do It, Bert!
Written and illustrated by Ole Könnecke
Published by Gecko Press
Cook Prize Winner
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France
Written by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno
Published by Candlewick Press
Cook Prize Honor Books
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Written by Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by April Chu
Published by Creston Books
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs
Written by Lisa Kahn Schnell, illustrated by Alan Marks
Published by Charlesbridge Publishing
ABOUT THE IRMA BLACK AWARD AND COOK PRIZE
Irma Black wrote and edited children’s books. She was a longtime member of the Bank Street Writers Laboratory. The Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature is awarded to an exceptional book whose text and illustration augment each other in such a manner that they create an unforgettable whole.
The Cook Prize is named in honor of Don Cook of the Bank Street Graduate School of Education and Michael Cook (no relation) of the Bank Street School for Children. The Cook Prize is awarded to an outstanding picture book focused on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for those aged eight to ten.
ABOUT THE BANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
The mission of Bank Street College is to improve the education of children and their teachers by applying to the education process all available knowledge about learning and growth, and by connecting teaching and learning meaningfully to the outside world. In so doing, we seek to strengthen not only individuals, but the community as well, including family, school, and the larger society in which adults and children, in all their diversity, interact and learn. We see in education the opportunity to build a better society.
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