2008–2009

Subcommittee on the IRA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards

Charges:

1. Review recently published children's and young adults' books worldwide according to guidelines.

2. Recommend up to six candidates, in three age categories in both fiction and nonfiction, by February 2009: (a) Primary (preschool-age 8); (b) Intermediate (ages 9-13); and (c) Young Adult (ages 14-17+).

Michael P. Ford, Chair
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
NE 416 COEHS
800 Algoma Blvd
Oshkosh, WI 54901-8610
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Maryann M. Manning, Board Liaison
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, United States

Gail Bush
National Louis University
Skokie, IL, United States

Sue A. Cook
Cloudcroft Elementary
Cloudcroft, NM, United States

Jennie C. Eddy
Moore Public Schools
Oklahoma City, OK, United States

Alexandria A. Gibb
Effort, PA, United States

Jonda C. McNair
Clemson University
Clemson, SC, United States

Sue Christian Parsons
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK, United States

Barbara Scherry
Ballantine, MT, United States

Doris J. Walker-Dalhouse
Minnesota State University-Moorhead
Moorhead, MN, United States

Barbara A. Ward
Washington State University
Richland, WA, United States

Kenneth J. Weiss
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT, United States

Mary Cash, Ex Officio
Executive Office
International Reading Association
Newark, DE, United States