
Barney Saltzberg Claudia Lewis Award 2025 Acceptance Speech
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Description
Author Barney Saltzberg wins the Claudia Lewis Award 2025 (younger readers) for The Smell of Wet Dog: And Other Dog Poems and Drawings from Bank Street College Children's Book Committee.
The Claudia Lewis Award
The Claudia Lewis Award, given for the first time in 1998, honors the best poetry book of the year. The award commemorates the late Claudia Lewis, distinguished children’s book expert and longtime member of the Bank Street College faculty and Children’s Book Committee. She conveyed her love and understanding of poetry with humor and grace.
Publication Date
2025
Publisher
Bank Street College of Education
City
New York
Keywords
children's literature, children's poetry, cbc awards, kidlit
Disciplines
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Recommended Citation
Saltzberg, B. (2025). Barney Saltzberg Claudia Lewis Award 2025 Acceptance Speech. Bank Street College of Education. https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/24