Annal:2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
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Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 2002. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors.
This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
- 2002 Golden Kite-nonfiction winner
- 2002 Horn Book-nonfiction winner
- 2002 NBA–Youth finalist
- Score: 26.52
From the late 1920s to the 1950s, Guthrie wrote the words to more than three thousand songs, including “This Land Is Your Land,” a song many call America’s unofficial national anthem. With a remarkable ability to turn any experience into a song almost instantaneously, Woody Guthrie spoke out for people of all colors and races, setting an example for generations of musicians to come.
Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People
- 2002 Horn Book-nonfiction honor
- Score: 6.52
Woody Guthrie spent his life putting into words and music what the rest of America was thinking. He roamed from coast to coast and captured the despair of those displaced by the Great Depression and the dust bowl, eulogized workers, and celebrated the great natural beauty of America. This is an introductory biography presented as a picture book with a brief lyrical text and powerful, hand-tinted, woodcut-like illustrations. It includes the complete lyrics to “This Land Is Your Land” and excerpts from his other songs. A book for all ages, it makes this talented…
Handel: Who Knew What He Liked
- 2002 Horn Book-nonfiction honor
- Score: 6.52
“This is George Frederick Handel. He looks very satisfied with things. He’s smiling a little, as if he’s very sure of himself. You’d have to be very sure of yourself to wear a wig that gigantic”.
So begins this story which documents Handel’s life.
