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Keynote Speaker Deborah Heiligman
Distinguished Body of Work
One is a PinataChronicle Books, 2019
Dia de Los Muertos Albert Whitman and Company, 2015
Noodle Magic Orchard Books, 2014
Green is a Chile Pepper Chronicle Books, 2014
Round is a Mooncake Chronicle Books, 2000
Notable Work of Juvenile Non-Fiction
Butterflies in Room 6 Charlesbridge, 2019
Excellence in a Work of Juvenile Fiction
Summer of a Thousand Pies Balzer + Bray, 2019
Peggy Miller Award for
Young Adult Literature
The Library of Lost Things Inkyard Press, 2019
Dorothy C. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the
Field of Children's Literature
Rebecca Constantino, Ph.D.
Founder & Executive Director of Access Books
Rebecca Constantino holds a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Learning. She has published over 100 articles and a book in the areas of literacy development, equity in education, urban school and cultural perspectives of language acquisition. She founded Access Books in 1999, and her organization provides quality books to public school and community libraries where the majority of students live at or below the poverty line. With volunteer help, they’ve refurbished over 300 libraries and donated more than 1.7 million books. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, they have continued to give out free books to community youth support educators and their communities.
