On display in
the summer of 2004 on the first floor of the Northwestern University
Library, this colorful
exhibit highlighted
the library’s extensive research collections in children’s
literature, featuring a worldwide selection of the work
of talented illustrators who were nominated for major awards in
2004.
The
exhibit, as presented in the library, included not only works
by all 27
Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees,
but also the creations of winners of other prestigious awards
such as the Caldecott
Medal and the Bologna
Ragazzi Award. Additionally, some
of the dossiers prepared for members of the Andersen Medal
jury
— items owned
by only
a
few libraries
in the world — were also on display. Beyond
the books, the exhibit also featured a large-screen
movie of illustrations by the Andersen nominees, courtesy
of NU Academic
Technologies, and a computer at which visitors could
view the videos and other information to be found on this
website.
Though
the physical exhibit has ended, much of its content will
remain
accessible here on the website indefinitely.
Among the included features of the site:
Images
of each item,
along with the original label text, as well as photos
of the exhibit itself and scanned images of the
2004 Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee dossier covers
Biographical
information about
the 2004 Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees, taken
from the informational dossiers submitted to the jury
by their respective countries
The
international children's literature lecture,
"Of
Date Palms, the Kalahari, and Love and Death in Quebec:
Great Children’s Books You’ve Never Seen,"
given on two occasions during the exhibit by HCA Jury
President
Jeffrey
Garrett (requires RealPlayer and high-speed
internet connection)
Links
to further information about the Hans
Christian Andersen Award, the illustrators featured
in the exhibit, other awards for children's
literature, and children's
literature more generally
The
Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies (Level
Five, East Tower), in addition to providing
a number of books for the first-floor exhibit, showed
a complementary exhibit in 5-East, taken from
its own
children's
literature
collection. Photos of this part of the exhibit can also be
viewed on the "Exhibit
Tour" section of the site.
Thanks
to all who came and enjoyed the exhibit during its run — we
hope you like its online incarnation just as much!
Number of Visitors (since August 27, 2004):
Note: This site
is no longer being updated, though it will remain online indefinitely for
archival purposes. If you have
questions about any of the site's content, please send an email
to curriculum@northwestern.edu.