Theodore Roosevelt Children’s Book Prize Nominees - 2023
We are proud to announce the nominees for the fourth annual Theodore Roosevelt Association Children’s Book Prize. The book which best portrays Theodore Roosevelt for the young while maintaining historical fidelity will receive a $1,000 prize,award certificate, and bust of the President Theodore Roosevelt. A panel of historians, authors, parents, and Theodore Roosevelt experts nominated four books. They will be carefully reviewed over the summer and a winner will be selected this Fall. The fourth annual Theodore Roosevelt Association Children’s Book
Prize nominations are:
- Dan Gutman, Author & Allison Steinfeld, Illustrator, Teddy Roosevelt Was a Moose. Published March, 2022, Norton Young Readers;
- Kate Coombs, Author & Seth Lucas, Illustrator, Little Naturalists: Teddy Roosevelt Loved the Outdoors. Published May, 2022, Gibbs Smith
Books/BabyLit;
- Rebecca Pettiford, American Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt. Published September, 2022, Bellwether Media;
- Marla Harms Judge and Molly the History Dog, Molly Learns 10 Facts About Theodore Roosevelt. Published December, 2022, Crippled Beagle Publishing.
The Theodore Roosevelt Association, headquartered in Oyster Bay, New York, is a non-
profit and non-partisan organization chartered by an act of Congress in 1920 to perpetuate the memory and ideals of our 26th President.
Contact for Further Information:
Gene Kopelson
Chair/TRA Children’s Book Prize
genekopelson@gmail.com
Theodore Roosevelt Association
P.O. Box 719
Oyster Bay, NY 11771