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Keynote Speaker: Javaka Steptoe
Excellence in a
Picture Book
Excellence in a Work of
Juvenile Fiction
Outstanding Work of
Creative Non-Fiction
Peggy Miller Award for
Young Adult Literature
Dorothy C. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the
Field of Children's Literature
Lee Wardlaw
Author and Poet
For her work after the California wildfires From collecting donations of books, to transporting them herself all the way from Santa Barbara to Paradise, CA in an RV, Lee Wardlaw embodies true youth advocacy. She saw a literary need for the children of Paradise and their families, and took upon herself to fill that need, with creativity, compassion and drive. In doing so, she helped recreate something for the children that they had lost in the Paradise fires; a sense of normalcy, escape and community.