Theodore Roosevelt Association Children’s Book Prize Winners
2023
Teddy Roosevelt
Loved the Outdoors
Kate Coombs, Author
Seth Lucas, Illustrator
Gibbs Smith/Baby Lit Books, Publisher
The Theodore Roosevelt Association is proud to announce the winner of our 2023 Theodore Roosevelt Children's Book Prize: Teddy Roosevelt Loved the Outdoors (by Kate Coombs; illustrated by Seth Lucas. Gibbs Smith Layton UT 2022)
The first Theodore Roosevelt Children's Book Prize aimed at young children (kindergarten/pre-school), Teddy Roosevelt Loved the Outdoors, emphasizes the critically-important role of conservation in TR's life and the life of the nation. The rhyming text is perfect for grandparents or parents reading to children and aids children in remembering likely their first story about President Theodore Roosevelt. It also includes TR’s love of writing and his serving as a soldier. The artwork is simple yet quite bold, vivid, and well executed. It is a perfect first book on the presidency in a young child's library and will leave a lasting positive first impression about Theodore Roosevelt and America.
For direct purchase: Gibbs Smith/Baby Lit Books - Teddy Roosevelt Loved the Outdoors
2022
Teddy
Laurence Luckinbill, Author
Eryck Tait, Adapter
Dead Reckoning, Publisher
The Theodore Roosevelt Association is proud to announce this year’s winner of 2022 Theodore Roosevelt Children’s Book Prize: Laurence Luckenbill and Eryck Tait for Teddy (Dead Reckoning, 2021).
This beautifully illustrated adaptation of Luckinbill’s one-man play showcases the humanity of our 26th president. Overflowing with his love of nature, adventure, and justice, Teddy dramatically illustrates the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. His many accomplishments ranged from charging up San Juan Hill in Cuba as commander of the Rough Riders, to facing down U.S. corporate monopolies, to launching the Great White Fleet, building the Panama Canal, preserving hundreds of millions of acres of natural American beauty, and finally, to the vigorous life at Sagamore Hill and his immense pride in a beloved and rambunctious family. Teddy reveals how even the greatest of men is still just a man, and how even the most modest man can grow to be great
For Direct Purchase: Teddy By Laurence Luckinbill; Adapted by Eryck Tait
The Theodore Roosevelt Association, headquartered in Oyster Bay, New York, is a national nonprofit and nonpartisan organization chartered by an act of Congress in 1920 to perpetuate the memory and ideals of America's twenty-sixth President.
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