Updated at 3:23 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Kids, vote for your favorite book for the Nene Award
By Catherine E. Toth
Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer
Submit votes at your school or any public library.
The award began in 1959 when third-graders at the then-University Elementary Lab School decided to create a book award. The nene goose, the state bird, was chosen for the award's motif. That year, the children selected "The Blue Mountain" by Beth Lewis to win the first Nene Award.
Other winners have included "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" by Judy Blume (1975), "How to Eat Fried Worms" by Thomas Rockwell (1976), "Bunnicula" by Deborah and James Howe (1983), "My Teacher is an Alien" by Bruce Coville (1995) and "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini (2006).
To learn more about the award and find out what books are eligible, visit nene.k12.hi.us.
Reach Catherine E. Toth at 954-0664 or ctoth@honoluluadvertiser.com. Read her blog, The Daily Dish, at blogs.honoluluadvertiser.com.
