ASPCA Announces the Winners of the 1st Annual Henry Bergh Children's Book AwardsAmerican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals List of winners is the purr-fect summer reading. As the sheer volume of children's books on animals indicates, kids love animals and enjoy reading about them. But how can a parent or teacher identify the best books among the hundreds published each year? That decision just got a lot easier, thanks to ASPCA new competition for children's literature. All nine winners of The ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award and Honor were selected for being the most outstanding children's books about animals and the environment published in the past year. "Not only are these books great fun, but they promote a humane ethic of consideration for all living things," says Dr. Sheryl Dickstein Pipe, Ph.D., Director of Humane Education at The ASPCA.  You won't find instructions for capturing bugs or examples of kids taking their dogs to inappropriate places like the shopping mall. Instead these books present examples of people interacting compassionately with animals and the environment. The nine winning books offer something for everyone, including adventure novels about kids who rescue dogs from a puppy mill and dogs that save people from drowning. Four winners in the non-fiction category include an engaging description of naturalist John Muir, the true story of an orphaned seal, a book of activities that kids can perform to learn about the ecology of the natural world, and a tale about a homeless cat who goes unnoticed for months before a kind family finally adopts him. Two endearing poetry books convey a sense of wonder for nature and offer a special tribute to everyone's best friend, the lovable pooch. The 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award and Honors will be presented to nine authors at the American Library Association conference during an afternoon tea and awards ceremony at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 18 in the Franciscan Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, California. To read more about the winners of The ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award and Honor go to our web site at www.aspca.org/bookaward. The 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award & Honor Winners Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Non-Fiction Environment and Ecology: Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor Non-Fiction Humane Heroes: Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Fiction Companion Animals: Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Fiction Environment and Ecology: Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor Fiction Humane Heroes: Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Poetry: Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award Winner, 2000 ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Honor
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