The 1998 STORYTELLING WORLD AWARD WINNERS AND HONOR TITLES
Below are the 1998 winners and honors selected from several hundred nominated stories, books, and recordings. The major evaluative criterion for the stories was "story-listener appeal" (rather than ease in retelling) and "usefulness for story-tellers" for the items considered in Category 7. Beneath each award title is a short descriptive phrase about the resource contents. For resources not independently produced, a publisher's code is enclosed in parentheses after the author/performer's name. The ordering information for these award resources is provided at the end of this section. For color photos of ALL honored resources identified below, see the 1998 Summer/Fall issue of Storytelling World. Click here for information about obtaining a copy of this issue.
Category 1: Stories for Young Listeners
(See also Categories 2, 5, 6.)
Winners:
Dancing with the Wind, by Stanton Orser, Northland Publishing/Rising Moon
Milo and the Magical Stones, (A tale with two endings) by Marcus Pfister, North-South Books
Honors:
Mailing May (A true history story), by Michael O. Tunnell, Tambourine/Greenwillow/William Morrow
Alice and Greta: A Tale of Two Witches, by Steven J. Simmons, Talewinds/Charlesbridge
The Giantess, by Eveline Hasler, Kane/Miller Books
The Never-Forgotten Doll, Adapted by Lisa McCourt, Health Communications
Willy's Silly Grandma, by Cynthia DeFelice, Orchard Books
The Cricket's Cage (A Chinese folktale), Retold by Stefan Czernecki, Hyperion Books for Children
Parts, by Tedd Arnold, Dial Books for Young Readers
Brother Rabbit (A Cambodian tale), by Minfong Ho and Saphan Ros Lothrop, Lee and Shepard
Category 2
Stories for Pre-Adolescent Listeners
(See also Categories 1, 3, 5, 6.)
Winner:
Honors:
William the Curious, by Charles Santore, Random House Books for Young Readers
Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter, by Diane Stanley, Morrow Jr./William Morrow
The Two Brothers (A legend of Jerusalem), Retold by Neil Waldman, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Sirko and the Wolf (A Ukrainian tale), Adapted by Eric A. Kimmel, Holiday House
The Sea King's Daughter (A Russian legend), Retold by Aaron Shepard, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Eagle Feathers, by Owl Goingback The Wright Group
The Bell of Atri, Retold by James Baldwin from The Book of Virtues for Young People by William J. Bennett, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
The Rose's Smile: Farizad of the Arabian Nights, by David Kherdian, Henry Holt and Company
The Miser on the Mountain (A Nisqually legend of Mount Rainier), Retold by Nancy Luenn, Sasquatch Books
Category 3
Stories for Adolescent Listeners
(See also Categories 2, 4, 5, 6.)
Winners:
Silver Packages (An Appalachian Christmas story), by Cynthia Rylant, Orchard Books
Honors:
Angels in the Dust (A story of the Depression in Oklahoma), by Margot Theis Raven, BridgeWater Books
The Right Kind of House, by Henry Slesar from Read If You Dare, The Millbrook Press
Let the Music Out, from Sower's Seeds of Virtue, by Brian Cavanaugh, T.O.R. Paulist Press
Never Far from You, from Even More Short and Shivery, by Robert San Souci, Delacorte/Bantam/Doubleday/Dell
The Girl Who Lived with the Bears (A traditional tale from tribes of the Pacific Northwest), Retold by Barbara Diamond, Goldin Harcourt Brace & Company
Maple Moon, by Connie Brummel, Crook Stoddart Kids
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, by Blu Greenberg and Linda Tarry, Pitspopany Press
Sparky, from Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Kim Kimberly, Health Communications
Category 4
Stories for Adult Listeners
(See also Categories 3, 5, 6.)
Winner:
Honors:
The Old Father Who Went to School, from The Magic Egg and Other Tales from Ukraine, Retold by Barbara J. Suwyn, Libraries Unlimited
Harlene, from Daughters of the Appalachians, by Linda Goodman, Creative Pages
It Is Man from Beneath the Blazing Sun, by Rex Ellis, August House
Read for Me, Mama, by Vashanti Rahaman, Boyds Mills Press
There Are No Coincidences, by Warren Miller from Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul, by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Aubery, and Nancy Mitchell, Health Communications
Category 5
Storytelling Collections
Winner:
Honors:
Why Lapin's Ears Are Long and Other Tales from the Louisiana Bayou, Adapted by Sharon Arms Doucet, Orchard Books
Father and Daughter Tales, Retold by Josephine Evetts-Secker, Barefoot Books
Magic Moments (Momentos Magicos), by Olga Loya, August House
Little Folk: Stories from Around the World, by Paul Robert Walker, Harcourt Brace & Company
Diane Goode's Book of Giants and Little People,by Diane Goode, Dutton
A Treasury of Mermaids, by Shirley Climo, HarperCollins Publishers
Category 6
Storytelling Recordings
CDs or DVDs for listening and/or viewing pleasure for any age
(See also the recordings listed in categories 1-4 with specific stories identified.)
Winners:
Dr. York, Miss Winnie and the Typhoid Shot (Audiotape), by Donald Davis, August House
The Ups and Downs of Being Brown (Audiotape), by Rex Ellis, August House
The Spirit of the Great Auk (Audiotape), by Jay O'Callahan, Artana Productions
Honors:
Wisdom's Tribute (Audiotape), by Susan Klein, Ruby Window Productions
Challah and Latkes: Stories for Shabbat and Hanukkah (Audiotape), by Cindy Marshall, Words and Deeds
Stories and Songs of Simple Living (Audiotape), edited by Jym Kruse, Alternatives
Spiders in the Hairdo (Audiotape), by David Holt & Bill Mooney, High Windy Audio
Spooky Classics for Children (CD), by Jim Weiss, Greathall Productions
Beauty and the Beast and Other Fairy Stories (Audio Book), Performed by Alan Cumming and others, Penguin Audio Books
Category 7
Special Storytelling Resources
Winner:
Honors:
Tell Me a Tale: A Book about Storytelling ,by Joseph Bruchac, Harcourt Brace & Company
Storytelling Adventures, by Vivian Dubrovin, Storycraft Publishing
The Beanstalk and Beyond, by Joan Wolf, Libraries Unlimited
The Flannel Board Storytelling Book, 2nd Ed., by Judy Sierra, H.W. Wilson
PUBLISHERS' ADDRESSES FOR WINNERS AND HONORS IN ALL CATEGORIES
Albert Whitman & Company, 6340 Oakton St., Morton Grove, IL 60053
Alternatives, P.O. Box 2857, Sioux City, IA 51106
Artana Productions, P.O. Box 1054, Marsh-field, MA 02050
August House, P.O. Box 3223, Little Rock, AR 72203
Barefoot Books, 18 Highbury Terrace, London N5 IVP
Boyds Mills Press, 815 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431
BridgeWater Books, 100 Corporate Dr., Mahwah, NJ 07430
Creative Pages, 8 Beth Circle, Acton, MA 01720
Delacorte/Bantam/Doubleday/Dell, 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Dial Books for Young Readers, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014
Dutton, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014
Fulcrum Publishing, 350 Indiana St., Suite 350, Golden, CO 80401
Greathall Productions, P.O. Box 813, Benicia, CA 94510
Harcourt Brace & Company, 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101
HarperCollins Publishers, 10 E. 53rd St., New York, NY 10022
Health Communications, 3201 S.W. 15th St. Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Henry Holt and Company, 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011
High Windy Audio, P.O. Box 553, Fairview, NC 28730
Holiday House, 425 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017
H.W. Wilson, 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452-4224
Hyperion Books for Children, 114 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011
Kane/ Miller Books, P.O. Box 310259, Brooklyn, NY 11231-0529
Kingfisher, 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Libraries Unlimited, P.O. Box 6633, Englewood, CO 80155-6633
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
The Millbrook Press, 2 Old New Milford Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804
Morrow Jr./William Morrow, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
Northland Publishing/Rising Moon, P.O. Box 1389, Flagstaff, AZ 86002
North-South Books, 1123 Broadway St., Suite 800, New York, NY 10010
Orchard Books, 95 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016
Oryx Press, 4041 N. Central, Suite 700, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Paulist Press, 997 MacArthur Blvd., Mahwah, NJ 07430
Penguin Audio Books, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014
Pitspopany Press, 40E 78th St., Suite 16D, New York, NY 10021
Random House Books for Young Readers, 201 East 50th St., New York, NY 10022
Rounder Records, 1 Camp St., Cambridge, MA 02140
Ruby Window Productions, P.O. Box 214, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
Sasquatch Books, 615 Second Ave., Suite 260, Seattle, WA 98104
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
Stoddart Kids, 34 Lesmill Rd., North York, ON Canada M3B 2T6
Storycraft Publishing, P.O. Box 205, Masonville, CO 80541
Storytribe Publishing, P.O. Box 665, Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Talewinds/Charlesbridge, 85 Main St., Watertown, MA 02172
Tambourine/ Greenwillow/William Morrow, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
The Wright Group, 19201 120th Ave. NE, Bothell, WA 98011
Words and Deeds, 160 Stanton Ave., Apt. 230, Auburndale, MA 02166