Skipping Stones Honor Awards

Renee Ting

on August 18, 2008 2:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Congratulations to D is for Doufu, the winner of the 1998 Skipping Stones Honor Award. Each year Skipping Stones recognizes books that "promote cooperation, nonviolence, respect for differing viewpoints, and close relationships in human societies." by presenting The Skipping Stones Honor Awards. The awards "promote respect for ... cultural diversity in the world" and highlight an "exceptional contribution to multicultural ...children's literature."

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"Opens up the very rich and ancient traditions and history of China to young readers..."

-American Booksellers Association

Maywan Shen Krach is the author of "I Love China: A Companion Book to D Is for Doufu." She was born and educated in Taiwan, but came over to the United States when she was 23 years old for graduate studies. After teaching ten years in the public school systems, she started Shen's Books as a publisher and a distributor of children's literature that affirm universal values. "D Is for Doufu" is her first book.

Hongbin Zhang was born in Beijing, China, and was accepted into the prestigious Beijing Central Academy of Arts at the age of 14. He used many uncommon painting surfaces to create the illustrations in "D Is for Doufu," including silk, hand-made paper, rice paper, and brocaded fabric, all of which added extraordinary visual effects to the book.

Shen’s Books is a publisher of multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.

Through books, we can share a world a stories, building greater understanding and tolerance within our increasingly diverse communities as well as throughout our continuously shrinking globe.