JEREMIAH LUDINGTON MEMORIAL AWARD
In 1975, Jeremiah Ludington, owner of Ludington News Company in Detroit, Michigan, founded the
Educational Paperback Association, now known as the Educational Book and Media Association. To honor his dedication and commitment to the educational paperback market, the EPA in 1979 established the Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award.
The Ludington award is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the educational paperback business, and is the EBMA version of a "Lifetime Achievement Award." Recipients receive a framed certificate and EBMA presents a $2,500 check to the charity of their choice. Past winners of the award have included illustrators, authors, educators, and librarians such as John Scieszka, Lois Lowry, Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume.
33rd ANNUAL WINNER
Congratulations to the 33rd Annual (2011) Ludington Award winner, Sharon Draper. Sharon Draper is a New York Times bestselling author and two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, most recently for Copper Sun, and previously for Forged by Fire. She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for Tears of a Tiger and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. Her other books include Out of My Mind, Romiette and Julio, Darkness Before Dawn, Double Dutch, and the Clubhouse Mystery series. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years. She's a popular conference speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally.
“The EBMA board and membership are thrilled to present this year's Ludington Award to Sharon Draper,” said Dan Walsh, EBMA President and COO of Children’s Plus, Inc. “Her contributions to children’s literature and her 25 years of teaching are truly impressive.”
For more about Sharon, visit her online at www.sharondraper.com or read EBMA's Ludington Award press release.
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