Please Touch Museum's 24th Annual Book Award
Founding Sponsor: The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation
A cookie dough mystery and a haiku-speaking panda are at the heart of the two imaginative children's books chosen to receive the 24th Annual Please Touch Museum Book Award, the only award of its kind to honor the publication of quality books for young children.
"Since 1985, the Museum's Book Awards have highlighted some unique and innovative examples of storytelling for young children,” says Please Touch Museum’s President and CEO Nancy Kolb. “Helping a child discover the joys of reading is one of the ways we hope to start our young visitors on the path of learning."
For more information, please contact:
- Brian Rafter
- Literacy Coordinator
brafter@pleasetouchmuseum.org - Phone: 215-578-3153
2009 Please Touch Museum Book Award winners:
- Age 3 & Under Category
- Who Ate All The Cookie Dough?
- Written by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
- Age 4 - 7 Category
- Zen Ties
- Written and illustrated by Jon J Muth
Previous Please Touch Museum Book Award Winners
Please Touch Museum’s Book Award is given to books that are imaginative, exceptionally illustrated, and that help foster a child’s life-long love of reading. The winners are honored at the annual Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC) conference on Friday, April 17, 2009, at 9 a.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Previous winners (PDF)