Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Awards announced

The Children's Book Award Committee, a subsection of the Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association, selects the recipient of the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award for the most distinguished contribution. In addition, up to 10 outstanding books are selected and a Notable Author or Illustrator is chosen, based on his or her body of work.

This year's Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla award goes to Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum, published by National Geographic.

In addition, the committee named ten titles as worthy of Outstanding Recognition: Busy in the Garden, by George Shannon; Flotsam, by David Wiesner; Gone Wild, by David McLimans; Hearts of Stone, by Kathleen Ernst; Jackie's Bat, by Marybeth Lorbiecki; Lilly's Big Day, by Kevin Henkes; Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports, by Alden Carter; Rash, by Pete Hautman; The Story of Salt, by Mark Kurlansky and illustrated by S.D. Schindler, and Up by Jim LaMarche.

Jim LaMarche, the creator of luminous illustrations (ranging from The Shoemaker and the Elves to Rainbabies to his own The Raft and Up), has been named as the Notable Illustrator for 2007.

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Last updated on 6/4/2007