Bruce Coville Wins the Empire State Award for Excellence in Literature for Young People

November 29, 2012

The New York Library Association (NYLA) has awarded Bruce Coville the Empire State Award for Excellence in Literature for Young People. Throughout his career, Coville has written more than 100 books.

"During the ceremony, Coville read a poem he had written, 'Ripples.' Featured in the anthology Dare To Dream…Change the World (Kane/Miller, 2012), the poem explores how a single action can have a ripple effect—an enormous, positive impact. Giving a child a book is such an action, Coville said, reading a letter from a woman who as a 10 year old had read his book My Teacher Flunked the Planet (S & S, 1992), about a group of children touring the globe with a mission to save the earth. The woman attributed her decision to join the Peace Corps and to work in Kenya to reading Coville’s book."

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