Postage Stamp to celebrate 50 Years of The Snowy Day

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 4, 2009

For further information: 718-965-1266

THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats
50th Anniversary in 2012

Help Create a U.S. Postage Stamp to Celebrate!The U.S. Postage Stamp Citizen's Advisory Committee, the group that decides what subjects are chosen for our country's commemorative postage stamps, is considering celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the publishing of THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats. This book is not just an American classic beloved by generations of children and parents around the world; it is also the book that broke the color barrier in mainstream American children's book publishing.It takes three years for the subject of a postage stamp to be considered, accepted and developed.

The fiftieth anniversary of THE SNOWY DAY is in 2012. Help us gather signatures to send to the Citizen's Advisory Committee to let them know how welcome this stamp would be to families and educators across the country. Help us show the world that Ezra's character Peter, playing in the snow, a character they recognize and treasure, is as valued here as it is abroad.To support the creation of THE SNOWY DAY 50th Anniversary Commemorative Stamp visit the website of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation (http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/) and add your name to the Support the Stamp list.

Tell your friends, your students, your teachers and your parents to add their names to our petition. Names will not be used for any other reason than for THE SNOWY DAY Stamp Petition, nor will they be shared or sold to any other entity. Help make 2012 a celebration of American children in all their diversity!The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation funds literacy and arts programming in public schools, public libraries, parks, museums and universities across the country to enhance the joy of learning and teaching for all generations of learners.

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation

450 14th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215

www.ezra-jack-keats.org

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2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) announces USNominees for 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) – the USNational Section of The International Board on Books for Young People(IBBY) – is proud to announce that author Walter Dean Myers andillustrator Eric Carle are the United States nominees for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards.The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented every two years by IBBYto an author and an illustrator, nominated by any IBBY National Section,whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution tochildren's literature worldwide. The Hans Christian Andersen Awards areamong the most distinguished awards for children's books internationally,and are sometimes referred to as the "Nobel Prize" of children'sliterature.IBBY National Sections from 33 countries have made their nominations,submitting 29 authors and 27 illustrators as candidates for the 2010 HansChristian Andersen Awards. For the complete list of nominees, visit http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=962. An international jury from eleven countries on four continents will selectthe final winners, which will be announced at a press conference at theBologna Children's Bookfair on Monday, March 22, 2010.

The US member ofthe current Hans Christian Andersen International Jury is Ernest Bond ofSalisbury University, Maryland.Dr. Amy McClure, Professor of Education at Ohio Wesleyan University inDelaware, Ohio , Chair of the committee that selected USBBY's nominees forthe award, said "Our committee chose Walter Dean Myers and Eric Carle as the US nominees for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards because eachis an American cultural and literary icon. Walter Dean Myers is a versatile writer whose work has been praised for its candid voice,memorable characters, and gritty realism. He has a unique understanding ofyoung people and the challenges they face negotiating contemporaryrealities. Eric Carle’s picture books are known and loved all over theworld. His brightly colored collage illustrations are deceptively simpleyet intellectually complex in their portrayal of universal themes thatresonate with young children. This honor is perfectly timed as 2009 is the40th anniversary of the publication of Mr. Carle’s timeless classic, TheVery Hungry Caterpillar”.

Past USBBY nominees who have won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal areMeindert DeJong (Author, 1962), Maurice Sendak (Illustrator, 1970), ScottO'Dell (Author, 1972), Paula Fox (Author, 1978), Virginia Hamilton(Author, 1992), and Katherine Paterson (Author, 1998).For more information, or to become a member of USBBY, visit www.usbby.org,or contact the 2009 President of USBBY, John Mason, atPresident@usbby.org.