The National Book Award

The National Book Award was founded on March 15, 1950. This award was sponsored by publishing groups in America that wanted to increase reading nation wide. The award is given to American author. The National Book Award recognizes four genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature, with an emphasis on culture appreciation. For the wiki, we are focusing on the young people's genre. The National book award is given by American writers for American writers.

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Premise: A young Indian boy is told a folktale about buffalo. He goes in search of the buffalo only to find enimes of his tribe.

Premise: As a child, Miss Rhumphius did not know what to leave as her mark on the world until she grew up.

Premise: A young girl recalls what her life was like living in the mounatins without running water or heat.

Premise: A young child buys presents for a friend, one for each letter of the alapabet.

What these eight books have in common is American culture. Where the Buffalos Began takes the reader(s) back to the time when Indians were the only ones who occupied the North American land. Miss Rumphius, as well as When I was Young in the Mountains, are accounts of the author's childhoods growing up in America. On Market Street is an alphabet book to help teach young readers. Homeless Bird is focused on a young girl in India but what makes this book relate to American culture is the "American dream" aspect. In this book you have a girl who goes from having no control of her life to taking control and making her own decisions. The Penderwicks is a story of a family of sisters on vacation who go through many mysteries and are young girls just trying to make the best out of their vacation. The story Frog and Toad is a book about two friends who constantly have problems but always seem to work their way through it. In American culture we would bend over backwards for some of our closest friends and this book seems to really relay that message to a younger audience. Claudette Colvin is a book based on a real womans struggle to have equal rights in America. This book is the epitomy of a National Book Award because it is based on true American life.

Premise: Koly, a young girl in India, is forced into an arranged marriage. What becomes of this marriage she would have never guessed.

Premise: The Pinderwick sisters think they are going on a boring vacation, but come to find out there is many adventures coming their way.

Premise: Frog and Toad are two friends, but toad seems to always have a problem. Can frog help him out?

A young woman is sick of the way she is being treated by segregaton. She decides she's had enough and takes a stand to not give up her seat.