Let's remember that unlike the Geisel Award which was named to honor Dr. Seuss' collective body of work, the Kunhardt choice would be based on the fact that Dorothy Kunhardt created the 1940 groundbreaking board/novelty book Pat the Bunny which still generates 250,000 sales a year.
So, American Libraries Association, we put forward the Kunhardt Award! We would like to see this award given to the best contribution to the board book/novelty arena. What book published in the given year represents the strongest art and appropriate text for the youngest reader? What book is going to engender a lifelong love of literature in our babies and toddlers?
Let's encourage authors, illustrators and publishers to create the best in this important field. Let's offer the Kundhardt Award!
~Lorie Ann Grover, author/illustrator, co-founder of readergirlz and readertotz
and Joan Holub, author/illustrator, co-founder of readertotz
3 comments:
This would be SO cool! You have my support. :)
Thank you, LW! I'm gathering more information...
I had the honor of knowing Sibby Kunhardt. She was a wonderful lady whos sister in law the publisher.
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