May Hill Arbuthnot (27 August 1884 - 2 October 1969), born May L. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hill, was an American educator, writer, editor, children's literature scholar, lecturer, and an associate professor of education at Western Reserve University. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus She was the author of a well-known text about children's literature, Children and Books, and of Time for Poetry, Arbuthnot Anthology, Time for Fairy Tales, Time for True Tales, Children's Books Too Good to Miss, Time for Stories Past and Present, Time for Old Magic, and Time for New Magic. She won the 1964 Regina Medal from the Catholic Library Association. On 17 December 1932 she married Charles Criswell Arbuthnot. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
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The Arbuthnot Prize
May Hill Arbuthnot established the Arbuthnot Prize, an annual award for the best in children's literature. Also described as "a prestigious international award given to recognize lifetime achievement in children's literature" [1]. It is awarded by the International Reading Association.
The Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
The Arbuthnot Honor Lecture is given each year by an author, artist, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature. It was established in 1969. The lectureship is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
Selected bibliography
- May Hill Arbuthnot (1947). The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC is a division of the American Library Association. The American Library Association ( ALA) is a group based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally Children and books. Scott Foreman. ISBN unknown.
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