"Holes" The fictional story of a boy convicted of a crime he didn't commit took top honors in children's literature Monday from the American Library Association.
Louis Sachar's ``Holes,'' a coming-of-age story set in a juvenile detention center, won the association's 1999 Newbery Medal.
The association's other top award went to Mary Azarian for ``Snowflake Bentley.'' The story, about a boy who loves snow so much he is determined to take a picture of a snowflake, won the Caldecott Medal for most distinguished picture book.
In other honors announced at the association's winter meeting: _ Angela Johnson received the Coretta Scott King Author Award for ``Heaven,'' the story of a teen-age girl whose life is changed when she finds out she is adopted; and Michele Wood won the King Illustrator Award for ``i see the rhythm,'' a history of black music. _Science fiction writer Anne McCaffrey received the Margaret Edwards Award for lifetime achievement.
Please take some time to read good children's literature. The more quality literature you consume the better your writing will be. Take apart these books. Check the beginnings, middles and endings. Take note of the style and the point of view. Analyze all the elements of good fiction and then study them. You can be a children's writer too. Happy Writing!!!
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