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First given in 1957, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award has honored quality literature for children for 50 years now. Each spring, a committee of eight carefully selects 30 books to comprise the DCF Master List. After reading at least 5 books from the list, students then vote for their favorite titles the following spring. The winning author is invited to visit Vermont to speak with children about the experience of writing such fine literature for such fine people. |
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Announcing... 2009 DCF Ceremony Linda Urban Wows DCF Audience
Thanks to Linda Urban, author of A Crooked Kind of Perfect, who gave a wonderful talk to a rapt audience of DCF voters at the DCF Ceremony on Friday, May 29th at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. Urban's pitch-perfect delivery hit all the right notes, rivaling Susan Boyle in tone but far surpassing her in fashion. For more about Linda, her books, and great cookie recipes, check out her website.
2009 DCF Winner
Congratulations to Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, winner of the 2009 DCF Children's Book Award! Over 5,400 Vermont kids voted for their favorites from the DCF List. That means that those kids read a minimum of 27,000 books! Great job, everyone!
Voting Top Ten--2009 1. Jeff Kinney. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2. Brian Selznick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 3. Cynthia Kadohata. Cracker! 4. Gordon Korman. Schooled 5. Linda Urban. A Crooked Kind of Perfect 6. John Grandits. Blue Lipstick 7. Andrew Clements. No Talking 8. Jennifer Holm. Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf 9. Sara Varon. Robot Dreams 10. Lynne Jonell. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Here's the new list! Looking for the 2009-2010 DCF List? Look no further! Here's a link to all 30 of the titles on the new list.
2009 DCF Conference With over a dozen workshops and great conference speakers David Macaulay and Beth Kanell, please join us on May 1, 2009 at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee for the 2009 DCF Conference. Click here for more information and conference registration.
Resources for Using DCF Wondering how to pair kids up reading different DCF books? Take a look at DCF committee Liz Bourne's Themes Matrix and Discussion Sets. They're great tools for working with kids and the DCF List.
Thanks to Pam Burke at the Marlboro School, the 2008-09 DCF List has its own blog at http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/! Please check out the offerings and give us some feedback on the format and the content.
The Dorothy Canfield Children's Book Award, first given in 1957, is co-sponsored by the Vermont State PTA and the Vermont Department of Libraries. |
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