Sylvia Vardell announced the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award winner and honor books on her blog, Poetry for Children (http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com).
2010 Winner:
Button Up by Alice Schertie, illustrated by Petra Mathers
2010 Honorees:
A Curious Collection of Cats by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Michael Wertz
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
The Tree that Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination selected by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston
The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award is currently sponsored by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book at Pennsylvania State University.