The 2002 STORYTELLING WORLD AWARD
WINNERS AND HONOR TITLES
This section features the 2002 winners and honors selected from the
2,879 nominated stories, books, or recordings. The major evaluative criterion
for the stories was “listener appeal” (rather than ease in retelling).
Assisting the many professional judges this year were hundreds of eager
target-age listeners.
Beneath each award title is a short descriptive phrase about the
resource contents. For resources not independently produced, a publisher's code is enclosed in parentheses after the author's name. Ordering information for all award resources
are provided at the end of the award list.
(See also Categories 2, 5, 6.)
Winners:
A unique adventure with
nursery rhyme characters
by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
A retelling of an
African folktale about respecting your instincts
by Margaret Read
MacDonald (Albert Whitman)
A story about racial
prejudice
by Jacqueline Woodson
(Penguin Putnam)
Honors:
A tender story of acceptance
and sacrifice
by Eileen Spinelli (Simon
& Schuster)
An adapted Native American
tale
On CD Grandma Spider
Brings the Fire
by Tim Tingle (Storytribe)
A poetic story about termites
on Noah's Ark
by Sylvia Rouss (Pitspopany)
A traditional folktale
adapted to honor teachers
by Jim Aylesworth
(Scholastic)
How even the "small" can be mighty
by Keiko Kasza (Penguin
Putnam)
A bunny version of an old
classic story
by Molly Coxe (Random House)
How a stepdad entertains at
Halloween
by Lisa Bullard (Lerner)
A caterpillar/butterfly story
about fearing change
by Franklin Hill
(Illumination Arts)
How parents help their son
deal with imaginary monsters
by Eve Bunting (Troll)
An adventure with fright
by Alison Julian (Waldman)
A whimsical poetic story for
young imaginations
by Marty Crisp (Rising Moon)
A story for youngsters
anxious to grow up
by Juli Mahr (DK)
(See also Categories
1,3,5,6.)
Winners:
A creative extension of the
beanstalk story
How one "different" student
copes with the class bully
by Patty Lovell (Penguin
Putnam)
Honors:
A story about rising from the
depths of despair to the heights of joy
by Odds Bodkin (Harcourt)
A Cajun Red Riding Hood rap
by Mike Artell (Penguin
Putnam)
A lesson about turning the other
cheek
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
(Harcourt)
A Native American legend
about rain
From Weather Legends
by Carole Vogel (Millbrook)
A country family's singing adventure
by Faye Gibbons (Boyds Mills)
How a newcomer persevered
by Marilynn Reynolds (Orca)
A lesson about telling lies
On CD Fireside Tales
by Dovie Thomason Sickles
(Yellow Moon)
A version for younger
listeners
by Brenda Ralph Lewis (DK)
A learning adventure with
old-fashioned relatives
by Ethel Footman Smothers
(Eerdmans)
(See also Categories 2, 4, 5,
6.)
Winners:
The real meaning of looking
up to others
by Richard Paul Evans (Simon
& Schuster)
A story about pranks and
confessions
by Donald Davis
On CD Father Was a Wise
Old Man (August House)
How a famous athlete dealt
with prejudice
by Peter Golenbock (Harcourt)
Honors:
A difficult lesson about
reputations and rumors
by Rebecca Woolf
From Chicken Soup for
the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff (Health)
A personal adventure story
by Patricia C. McKissack
(Simon & Schuster)
An adapted Hasidic story
On CD Feathers in the
Wind
by Susan Stone
A Jewish ghost story
by Jerry Raik
From Ghosts and Golems
(Jewish Society)
A personal story about going
fishing
From Terrifying Tales of
the Beaches and Bays
by Ed Okonowicz (Myst and
Lace)
A legend about kindness
by Lynn Cullen
(Random House)
A Native American legend of
Niagara Falls
by Veronika Martenova Charles
(Stoddart)
An adapted folktale about
finding brains
by Ellen Jackson
(Charlesbridge)
(See also Categories 3, 5,
6.)
Winner:
An original interpretation of
a traditional tale
On CD Made from Scratch
by Dolores Hydock
Honors:
A legendary Texan's tall tale
On audiotape Texas
(& Texanized) Myths & Legends
by Donna Ingham (Wordshop)
A religious story about
spousal communication
by Lori Copeland
From The Storytellers' Collection, Book 2 (Multnomah)
A touching story of courage
From Chicken Soup for
the Veteran's Soul (Health)
A personal story of hope and
place settings
On CD Exit 11 and Other
Stories
by Catherine Conant
One mother's way to leave her memories
by Patricia Polacco (Penguin
Putnam)
A parent's worst fear
by Christie Craig
From Chicken Soup for
the Mother's Soul 2
(Health)
(See also the
anthologies listed in categories 1-4 with specific stories identified.)
Winner:
Multicultural tales of
healing and transformation
by Norma J. Livo (Libraries
Unlimited)
Honors:
World tales kids can read and
tell
by Martha Hamilton and Mitch
Weiss (August House)
Stories from the Holocaust
concentration camps
by Gary Schmidt (Henry Holt)
A collection of adapted and
original tales
by Annette J. Bruce and J.
Stephen Brooks (Pineapple)
True inspirational stories of
holiday magic
by Brad Steiger and Sherry
Hansen Steiger (Adams)
A collection of West African
folktales
by Buchi Offodile (Interlink)
A collection of Native
American creation stories
by M. L. Webster (Linnet)
Audio/videotapes and CDs for
listening and/or viewing pleasure for any age
(See also the recordings
listed in categories 1-4 with specific stories identified.)
Winners:
The story of Raoul Wallenberg
CD by Syd Lieberman
Creative and unusual stories
for the "child" in us all
CD/audiotape by Willy Claflin
Personal stories about
growing up
CD by Donald Davis (August
House)
Stories about "shady ladies" of the
Bible
Two CDs by Barbara
McBride-Smith and Corinne Stavish (Corinne)
Honors:
The story of a slave's life
CD by Sara Ransom
A portrait of an Alabama
mountain community
CD by Dolores Hydock
Authentic Irish fairy tales
Two audiotapes by Eddie
Lenihan (Sounds True)
A story program of Aesop's fables
CD by Diane Ferlatte
How one white woman fought
slavery
CD by Lynn Ruehlmann
Winners:
A subject, title, and motif index
to folklore collections for children, 1983-1999
by Margaret Read
MacDonald and Brian W. Strum (Gale)
Information about difficult
stories
by Loren Niemi and Elizabeth
Ellis (August House)
Information about how stories
heal
by Diane Rooks (Salt
Run)
Honors:
Texts and criticisms ranging
from Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm
by Jack Zipes (W.W.
Norton)
Information and stories from
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales
by Heather McNeil
(Libraries Unlimited)
Background and texts for
ancient Greek myths
by Linda Asher and
Jean-Pierre Vernant (HarperCollins)
Scripts for story theatre or
tandem telling
by Barbara McBride-Smith
(August House)
by Zora Neale Hurston (HarperCollins)
Contact
Information for the 2002 Award Resources
Adams
Media Corporation, www.adamsmedia.com
Albert
Whitman & Company, www.albertwhitman.com
August
House, P.O. Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203-3223
Boyds
Mills Press, 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431-1889
Catherine
Conant, www.4astoryteller.com
Charlesbridge
Publishing, 85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472-4411
Corinne
Stavish, 26216 Franklin Pointe Dr., Southfield, MI 48034-1565
Diane
Ferlatte, www.dianeferlatte.com
Dolores
Hydock, www.storypower.org
DK
Publishing, Inc., www.dk.com
Eerdmans
Books for Young Readers, 255 Jefferson Avenue, S.E., Grand Rapids, MI
49503-4554
Gale
Group, www.gale.com
Harcourt,
525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495
HarperCollins
Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022
Health
Communications, Inc., www.chickensoup.com
Henry
Holt and Company, 115 West 18th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011
Holiday
House, 425 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10017-1140
Illumination
Arts Publishing Company, www.illumin.com
Interlink
Books, 46 Crosby Street, Northampton, MA 01060-1804
Jewish
Publication Society, 2100 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1308
Lerner
Publishing Group, www.lernerbooks.com
Libraries
Unlimited, www.lu.com
Linnet
Books (The Shoe String Press), 2 Linsley Street, P.O. Box 657, North Haven, CT
06473-0657
Lynn
Ruehlmann, ruehlmann@erols.com
Millbrook
Press, 2 Old New Milford Road, Brookfield, CT 06804-2426
Multnomah
Publishers, Inc., 204 W. Adams Ave., P.O. Box 1720, Sisters, OR 97759
Myst
& Lace Publishers, Inc., www.mystandlace.com
Orca
Book Publishers, P.O. Box 468, Custer, WA 98240-0468
Penguin
Putnam, Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014-3672
Pineapple
Press, Inc., www.pineapplepress.com
Pitspopany
Press, pitspopany@aol.com
Random
House Children's Books, www.randomhouse.com/kids
Rising
Moon, www.northlandpub.com
Salt
Run Press, www.storyjourney.com
Sara
Ransom, www.storyteller.net/tellers/ransom
Scholastic
Press, www.scholastic.com
Simon
& Schuster Children's Publishing, www.SimonSaysKids.com
Sounds
True/Windhorse Productions, www.soundstrue.com
Stoddart
Kids, 895 Don Mills Road, 400-2 Park Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada M3C I3W
Storytribe
Publishing, 4417 Morningside Way, Canyon Lake, TX 78133-4085
Susan
Stone, momteller@aol.com
Syd
Lieberman, www.storytelling.org/Lieberman
Troll/BridgeWater
Books, 100 Corporate Drive, Mahwah, NJ 07430-2041
W.W.
Norton & Company, www.wwnorton.com
Waldman
House Press, 525 North Third St., Minneapolis, MN 55401
Willy
Claflin, www.willyclaflin.com
Wordshop
Publishers, 1025 Coventry Road, Spicewood, TX 78669-3121
Yellow Moon Press, P.O. Box 381316, Cambridge, MA 02238