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Article: The first five years of the NSK Prize.(SPECIAL SECTION)(NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature)
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- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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As one of three founding benefactors for the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature, Kathy Neustadt Hankin looks back on the Neustadt sisters" motives for creating the award, which honors writing that contributes to the quality of young readers" lives.
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There is a bumper sticker in Colorado that says, simply, "Believe the Children." Children are wise, children are truthful, and children want us parents and adults to hear them when they speak. My daughter, Tess, spoke to her father and me when she was two years old and said in her toddler vernacular, "Find me great books by great authors." We listened to her and because of her unknowingly ...
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