Children’s Books Focus of Banquet
The National Year of the Young Reader and the Judy Lopez Memorial Children’s Book Award will be celebrated at a banquet on May 16 at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City. Co-sponsors of the event are the Judy Lopez Memorial Foundation, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Women’s National Book Assn., Southern California Children’s Booksellers’ Assn., Friends of Children and Libraries and the Society of Children’s Book Writers.
Highlighting the evening will be presentation of the fourth annual Judy Lopez Memorial Children’s Book Award to Betty Levin for “The Trouble with Gramery” (Greenwillow Books). Three honorable mention certificates will also be presented, to Patricia MacLachlan (“Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt,” Harper & Row), Walter Myers (“Scorpions,” Harper & Row) and Jane Yolen (“Devil’s Arithmetic,” (Viking).
The Lopez Award is given for the best children’s book published for 9- to 12-year-olds during the previous year.
Deadline for prepaid reservations is May 10. For information phone (818) 501-3925.
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