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AESOP PRIZE
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AESOP PRIZE
THE LION AND THE MOUSE |
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The Aesop Prize and Aesop Accolades are conferred annually by the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society upon English language books for children and young adults, both fiction and nonfiction. Folklore must be central to the book's content and the book should reflect the high artistic standards of the best of children's literature and should have strong appeal to the child reader. The winners for the Aesop Prize are as follows.
| 2000 | Howard Schwartz (Text), Monique Passicot (Illus.) | The Day the Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic |
| 1999 | Elie Wiesel (Text), Mark Podwal (Illus.) | King Solomon and His Magic Ring |
| 1998 | Chief Lelloska (Text, Illus) | Echoes of the Elders: The Stories and Paintings of Chief Lelooska |
| 1997 | Michael J. Caduto (Text), Adelaide Murphy Tyrol (Illus) | Earth Tales from Around the World |
| 1997 | Robert D. San Souci (Text), Jerry Pinkney (Illus) | The Hired Hand: An African-American Folktale |
| 1996 | Howard Schwartz (Text), Neil Waldman (Illus) | Next Year in Jerusalem |
| 1996 | Judy Sierra (Text), Stefano Vitale (Illus) | Nursery Tales Around the World |
| 1995 | Sharon Creeden (Text) | Fair is Fair: World Folktales of Justice |
| 1994 | Julius Lester (Text), Jerry Pinkney (Illus) | John Henry |
| 1993 | Robert D. San Souci (Text), Brian Pinkney (Illus) | Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women in Myth, Legend and Tall Tale |
| 1993 | Paul Goble (Text, Illus) | Love Flute |
| 1992 | Barbara Bader (Text), Arthur Geisert (Illus) | Aesop and Company with Scenes from His Legendary Life |
| 1992 | Eric A. Kimmel (Text), Erika Weihs (Illus) | Days of Awe: Stories for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur |
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