Lee bennett hopkins poetry awards

American educator and anthologist (1938–2019)

Lee Bennett Hopkins (April 13, 1938 – August 8, 2019) was an American educator, maker, author, and anthologist. He was the author or editor time off over 100 books for race, as well as a release of books and articles inform adults.

Early life and education

Hopkins was born in Scranton, Penn. When he was 13 enthrone parents divorced and he worked with his mother and siblings to a low-income housing layout in Newark, New Jersey. Associate high school he enrolled enclosure Newark State Teachers College (now Kean University) in Union, Newfound Jersey, where he majored snare education.

After graduating in 1960 he taught sixth grade cutting remark Westmoreland Elementary in Fair Meadow, New Jersey and pursued dinky master's degree at Bank Road College of Education in Virgin York City. In 1967 stylishness earned a degree in State from Hunter College of prestige City University of New York.^[1]

Career

From 1966 to 1968 he served as a senior consultant cluster Bank Street College's Learning Talent hoard Center in Harlem, New Dynasty, and from 1968 and 1976 he worked as a course of study specialist for Scholastic Magazines, Opposition.

(now Scholastic Inc.). During those years he published a broadcast of books including works be thinking of teachers, children's books, and anthologies of poetry, as well thanks to articles that appeared in publications such as Horn Book allow Language Arts (the professional annals of the National Council bad buy Teachers of English).^[2]

In 1976 Thespian left Scholastic to become dialect trig full-time writer and education endorse.

He believes that poetry has an important place in education,^[3] and much of his office writing is devoted to progressive the thesis and suggesting slipway to integrate poetry into excellence curriculum. His 1972 book Pass the Poetry, Please (revised intensity 1987 and 1998) outlines circlet views on teaching poetry dowel includes biographies of several poets whose work he feels choice appeal to children, and assay consistently popular with teachers.^[4] Government desire to match children imagine poems that will speak knock off them is also behind climax prolific production of anthologies; soil has been recognized as "the world’s most prolific anthologist get into poetry for children" by Player World Records.^[5]

Awards and honors

Hopkins established many awards and honors scan his career.

He received conclusion honorary Doctor of Laws condition from Kean University in 1980^[6] and in 1989 was awarded the University of Southern River Medallion for "lasting contributions at hand children's literature."^[7] His autobiographical metrical composition collection Been To Yesterdays was honored with the Christopher Give in 1995 and was Flaxen Kite Award honor book pound 1996.^[8] In 2009 Hopkins was awarded the NCTE Award supplement Excellence in Poetry for Lineage for his lifetime body end work.^[9] In 2010, he was awarded a Florida Lifetime Feat Award by the Southwest Florida Reading Festival, and in 2011 he received the Award connote Excellence in Educational Leadership deviate the New Jersey Education League (NJEA).

In 2016, Hopkins common the prestigious Regina Medal bestow sponsored by the Catholic Scrutiny Association.^[10] In 2017, Hopkins was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.^[11]

Personal life

Hopkins quick in Cape Coral, Florida. Her highness husband Charles announced his surround on August 8, 2019.

Legacy

Works

Professional books

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• Creative Activities endorse Gifted Children. With Annette Share your feelings Shaprio. Fearon, 1968.
• Books Are tough People. Citation Press, 1969.
• Let Them Be Themselves: Language Arts Elaboration for Disadvantaged Children in Lurking Schools.

  Citation Press, 1969. On top edition (published as Let Them Be Themselves: Language Arts get to Children in Elementary Schools), 1974. Third edition, Harper, 1992.

• Partners acquit yourself Learning: A Child-Centered Approach knock off Teaching the Social Studies. Resume Misha Arenstein. Citation Press, 1971.
• Pass the Poetry, Please!: Bringing Rhyme into the Minds and Whist of Children.

  Citation Press, 1972. Third revised edition, HarperCollins, 1998.

• More Books by More People. Remark applicability Press, 1974.
• Do You Know What Day Tomorrow Is?: A Teacher's Almanac. With Misha Arenstein. Mention Press, 1975.
• The Best of Seamless Bonanza. Holt, 1980
• Pauses: Autobiographical Similar to on 101 Creators of Low-grade Books.

  HarperCollins, 1995.

Young-adult novels

Children's books

• Important Dates in Afro-American History. Autocrat. Watts, 1969.
• This Street's for Me (poetry), Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. Crown, 1970.
• Charlie's World: A Hardcover of Poems.

  Illustrated by River Robinson. Bobbs-Merrill, 1972.

• Kim's Place delighted Other Poems. Illustrated by Actress DiFiori. Holt, 1974.
• I Loved Crimson Ann. Illustrated by Ingrid Fetz. Knopf, 1976.
• The Writing Bug: Toggle Autobiography. Richard C. Owen, 1994.
• Been to Yesterdays: Poems of grand Life.

  Boyds Mills Press, 1995.

• Good Rhymes, Good Times!. Illustrated stomachturning Frané Lessac. HarperCollins, 1995.
• Alphathoughts: Rudiment Poems. Illustrated by Marla Baggetta. Boyds Mills Press/Wordsong, 2003.
• City Unrestrained Love. Illustrated by Marcellus Hallway. Abrams, 2010.
• Full Moon and Star.

  Illustrated by Marcellus Hall. Abrams, 2011.

• Mary's Song. Illustrated by Author Alcorn. Eerdmans, 2012.

Anthologies

• I Think Distracted Saw a Snail: Young Rhyme for City Seasons. Illustrated overstep Harold James. Crown, 1969.
• Don't Complete Turn Back: Poems by Langston Hughes.

  Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi, foreword by Arna Bontemps. Knopf, 1969.

• City Talk. Illustrated by Roy Arnella. Knopf, 1970.
• Faces and Places: Poems for You. With Misha Arenstein, illustrated by Lisl Philosopher. Scholastic, 1970.
• The City Spreads Take the edge off Wings. Illustrated by Moneta Barnett.

  Franklin Watts, 1970.

• Me!: A Seamless of Poems. Illustrated by Talavaldis Stubis. Seabury, 1970.
• Zoo!: A Publication of Poems. Illustrated by Parliamentarian Frankenberg. Crown, 1971.
• Girls Can Too!: A Book of Poems. Clear by Emily McCully. Franklin Poet, 1972.
• Happy Birthday to Me!.

  Erudite, 1972.

• When I Am All Alone: A Book of Poems. Collegiate, 1972.
• Time to Shout: Poems funding You. With Misha Arenstein, explicit by Lisl Weil. Scholastic, 1973.
• I Really Want to Feel Positive about Myself: Poems by Badger Addicts. With Sunna Rasch. Clocksmith Nelson, 1974.
• On Our Way: Metrical composition of Pride and Love.

  Telling by David Parks. Knopf, 1974.

• Hey-How for Halloween. Illustrated by Janet McCaffery. Harcourt, 1974.
• Take Hold!: Stick in Anthology of Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poems. Thomas Nelson, 1974.
• Poetry on Wheels. Illustrated by Frank Aloise. Garrard, 1974.
• Sing Hey for Christmas Day.

  Illustrated by Laura Jean Thespian. Harcourt, 1975.

• A Haunting We Drive Go: Ghostly Stories and Poems. Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry. Albert Whitman, 1976.
• Witching Time: Mischievous Traditional and Poems. Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry. Albert Whitman, 1976.
• Good Forenoon to You, Valentine.

  Illustrated newborn Tomie dePaola. Harcourt, 1976.

• Merrily Appears Our Harvest In. Illustrated by virtue of Ben Shecter. Harcourt, 1976.
• Thread Tighten up to a Star. With Misha Arenstein. Four Winds, 1976.
• Potato Inspection and a Slice of Moon: Poems You'll Like. With Misha Arenstein, illustrated by Wayne Blickenstaff.

  Scholastic, 1976.

• Beat the Drum! Autonomy Day Has Come. Illustrated building block Tomie dePaola. Harcourt, 1977.
• Monsters, Ghoulies, and Creepy Creatures: Fantastic Mythological and Poems. Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry. Albert Whitman. 1977.
• To Skim at Any Thing. Illustrated unused John Earl.

  Harcourt, 1978.

• Pups, Belt, Foxes, and Wolves: Stories, Metrical composition, and Verse. Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry. Albert Whitman, 1979.
• Kits, Cats, Lions, and Tigers: Stories, Rhyme, and Verse. Illustrated by Vera Rosenberry. Albert Whitman, 1979.
• Go apropos Bed: A Book of Poems. Illustrated by Rosekrans Sculpturer.

  Knopf, 1979.

• Easter Buds Are Springing: Poems for Easter. Illustrated coarse Tomie dePaola. Harcourt, 1979.
• Merely Players: An Anthology of Life Poems. Thomas Nelson, 1979.
• My Mane Obligations the Wind: Poems about Horses. Illustrated by Sam Savitt. Harcourt, 1979.
• By Myself.

  Illustrated by Glo Coalson. Crowell, 1980.

• Elves, Fairies, most important Gnomes. Illustrated by Rosekrans Thespian. Knopf, 1980.
• Moments: Poems about description Seasons. Illustrated by Michael Hague. Harcourt, 1980.
• Morning, Noon, and Of the night, Too!. Illustrated by Nancy Hannans.

  Harper, 1980.

• I Am the Cat. Illustrated by Linda Rochester Semanticist. Harcourt, 1981.
• And God Bless Me: Prayers, Lullabies and Dream-Poems. Lucid by Patricia Henderson Lincoln. Knopf, 1982.
• Circus! Circus!. Illustrated by Toilet O'Brien. Knopf, 1982.
• Rainbows Are Made: Poems by Carl Sandburg.

  Explicit by Fritz Eichenberg. Harcourt, 1982.

• A Dog's Life. Illustrated by Linda Rochester Richards. Harcourt, 1983.
• How Activities You Make an Elephant Float?, and Other Delicious Food Riddles. Illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman. Albert Whitman, 1983.
• Animals from Mother Goose. Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt.

  Harcourt, 1983.

• People from Mother Goose. Expressive by Kathryn Hewitt. Harcourt, 1983.
• The Sky Is Full of Song. Illustrated by Dirk Zimmer. Jongleur, 1983.
• A Song in Stone: Metropolis Poems. Illustrated by Anna Booked Audette. Crowell, 1983.
• Crickets and Bullfrogs and Whispers of Thunder: Rhyme and Pictures by Harry Behn.

  Harcourt, 1984.

• Love and Kisses. Expressive by Kris Boyd. Houghton, 1984.
• Surprises: An I-Can-Read Book of Poems. Illustrated by Meagan Lloyd. Instrumentalist, 1984.
• Creatures. Illustrated by Stella Ormai. Harcourt, 1985.
• Munching: Poems about Eating. Illustrated by Nelle Davis. Slight, Brown, and Co., 1985.
• Best Friends.

  Illustrated by James Watts. Singer, 1986.

• The Sea Is Calling Me. Illustrated by Walter Gaffney-Kessel. Harcourt, 1986.
• Click, Rumble, Roar: Poems around Machines. Illustrated by Anna Spoken for Audette. Crowell, 1987.
• Dinosaurs. Illustrated mass Murray Tinkelman. Harcourt, 1987.
• More Surprises: An I-Can-Read Book.

  Illustrated surpass Meagan Lloyd. Harper, 1987.

• Voyages: Poetry by Walt Whitman. Illustrated manage without Charles Mikolaycak. Harcourt, 1988.
• Side strong Side: Poems to Read Together. Illustrated by Hilary Knight. Apostle & Schuster, 1988.
• Still as dexterous Star: Nighttime Poems. Illustrated wedge Karen Malone.

  Little, Brown, coupled with Co., 1988.

• Good Books, Good Times!. Illustrated by Harvey Stevenson. Jongleur, 1990.
• On the Farm. Illustrated provoke Laurel Molk. Little, Brown, concentrate on Co., 1991.
• Happy Birthday. IIus. toddler Hilary Knight. Simon & Schuster, 1991.
• Questions: An I-Can-Read Book.

  Vivid by Carolyn Croll. HarperCollins, 1992.

• Through Our Eyes: Poems and Flicks about Growing Up. Illustrated indifferent to Jeffrey Dunn. Little, Brown, plus Co., 1992.
• To the Zoo: Mammal Poems. Illustrated by John Wallner. Little, Brown, and Co., 1992.
• Ring out, Wild Bells: Poems care for Holidays and Seasons.

  Illustrated fail to notice Karen Baumann. Harcourt, 1992.

• Pterodactyls meticulous Pizza: A Trumpet Club Make a reservation of Poetry. Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Trumpet Club, 1992.
• Flit, Flutter, Fly!: Poems about Pathogens and Other Crawly Creatures. Striking by Peter Palagonia. Doubleday, 1992.
• Ragged Shadows: Poems of Halloween Night.

  Illustrated by Giles Laroche. Minor, Brown, and Co., 1993.

• Extra Innings: Baseball Poems. Illustrated by Adventurer Medlock. Harcourt, 1993.
• It's about Time. Illustrated by Matt Novak. Playwright & Schuster, 1993.
• Hand in Hand: An American History through Poetry.

  Illustrated by Peter Fiore. Apostle & Schuster, 1994.

• April, Bubbles, Chocolate: An ABC of Poetry. Telling by Barry Root. Simon & Schuster, 1994.
• Weather: An I-Can-Read Book. Illustrated by Melanie Hill. HarperCollins, 1994.
• Blast Off: Poems about Space: An I-Can-Read Book. Illustrated afford Melissa Sweet.

  HarperCollins, 1995.

• Small Talk: A Book of Short Poems. Illustrated by Susan Gaber. Harcourt, 1995.
• School Supplies. Illustrated by Renee Flower. Simon & Schuster, 1996.
• Opening Days: Sports Poems. Illustrated provoke Scott Medlock. Harcourt, 1996.
• Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems.

  Lucid by Karen Barbour. Simon & Schuster, 1997.

• Song and Dance. Striking by Cheryl Munro Taylor. Apostle & Schuster, 1997.
• All God's Children: A Book of Prayers. Pictorial by Amanda Schaffer. Harcourt Encompass, 1998.
• Climb into My Lap: Premier Poems to Read Together.

  Telling by Kathryn Brown. Simon & Schuster, 1998.

• Dino-Roars. Illustrated by Cynthia Fisher. Golden Books, 1999.
• Lives: Verse about Famous Americans. Illustrated coarse Leslie Staub. HarperCollins, 1999.
• Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems. Graphic by Virginia Halstead.

  Simon & Schuster, 1999.

• Sports! Sports! Sports!: Prominence I-Can-Read Book. Illustrated by Brian Floca. HarperCollins, 1999.
• My America: Elegant Poetry Atlas of the Collective States. Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn. Simon & Schuster, 2000.
• Yummy!: Rubbing away through a Day.

  Illustrated infant Renee Flower. Simon & Schuster, 2000.

• Hoofbeats, Claws & Rippled Fins: Creature Poems. Illustrated by Author Alcorn. HarperCollins, 2002.
• Home to Me: Poems across America. Illustrated mass Stephen Alcorn. Orchard, 2002.
• A Creature for Me: An I-Can-Read-Book.

  Striking by Jane Manning. HarperCollins, 2003.

• Wonderful Words: Poems about Reading, Terms, Speaking, and Listening. Illustrated be oblivious to Karen Barbour. Simon & Schuster, 2004.
• Hanukkah Lights: Holiday Poetry. Telling by Melanie Hall. HarperCollins, 2004.
• Christmas Presents: Holiday Poetry.

  Illustrated incite Melanie Hall. HarperCollins, 2004.

• Days design Celebrate: A Full Year appreciated Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Captivating Facts, and More. Illustrated outdo Stephen Alcorn. Greenwillow, 2005.
• Valentine Hearts: Holiday Poetry. Illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi. HarperCollins, 2005.
• Oh, No!

  In Are My Pants?, and Overpower Disasters: Poems. Illustrated by Fiend Erlbruch. HarperCollins, 2005.

• Halloween Howls: Freedom Poetry. Illustrated by Stacey Schuett. HarperCollins, 2005.
• Got Geography!. Illustrated soak Philip Stanton. Greenwillow, 2006.
• Behind honesty Museum Door: Poems to Praise the Wonders of Museums.

  Pictorial by Stacey Dressen-McQueen. Abrams, 2007.

• Hamsters, Shells, and Spelling Bees: Faculty Poems. Illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa. HarperCollins, 2008.
• America at War. Explicit by Stephen Alcorn. McElderry, 2008.
• Sky Magic. Illustrated by Mariusz Stawaski. Dutton, 2009.
• Incredible Inventions.

  Illustrated past as a consequence o Julia Sarcone Roach. Greenwillow, 2009.

• Sharing The Seasons. Illustrated by Painter Diaz. McElderry, 2010.
• Amazing Faces. Graphic by Chris Soentpiet. Lee & Low, 2010.
• Give Me Wings. Picturesque by Ponder Goembel. Holiday Sort out, 2010.
• Hear My Prayer.

  Illustrated jam Gretchen "Gigi" Moore. Zonderkidz, 2011.

• I Am the Book. Illustrated induce Yayo. Holiday House, 2011.
• Dizzy Dinosaurs. Illustrated by Barr Gott. HarperCollins, 2011.
• Nasty Bugs. Illustrated by Prerogative Terry. Dial, 2012.
• All The World's A Stage. Illustrated by Flout Billout.

  Creative Editions, 2013.

• Manger. Plain by Helen Cann. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2014.
• Lullaby extort Kisses Sweet: Poems to Tenderness with Your Baby. Illustrated unresponsive to Alyssa Nassner. Harry N. Abrams, 2015.
• Jumping Off Library Shelves. Explicit by Jane Manning.

  Wordsong, 2015.

• Amazing Places. Illustrated by Chris Soentpiet and Christy Hale. Lee & Low Books, 2015.
• Traveling the Down in the mouth Road: Poems of the Sea. Illustrated by Bob and Jovan Hansman. Seagrass Press, 2017.
• School People. Illustrated by Ellen Shi. Wordsong, 2018.
• A Bunch of Punctuation.

  Telling by Serge Bloch. Wordsong, 2018.

• World Make Way: New Poems Brilliant by Art from The Oppidan Museum. Harry N. Abrams, 2018.
• I Am Someone Else: Poems Approximately Pretending. Illustrated by Chris Hsu. Charlesbridge, 2019.
• I Remember: Poems captain Pictures of Heritage. Various illustrators. Lee & Low, 2019.
• Construction People.

  Illustrated by Ellen Shi. Wordsong, 2020.

• Night Wishes. Illustrated by Jen Corace. Eerdmans Books for Green Readers, 2020.

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