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Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children's Book Award (JACBA) annually recognizes children's books of literary and aesthetic excellence that effectively engage children in thinking about peace, social justice, global community, and equity for all people. The 2018 recipients were announced in April by the Jane Addams Peace Association.
"Each year WILPF branches, alone and working with other community groups, bring the JACBA winners and honor books to children and their adults," explained Susan Griffith, Vice-President of the Jane Addams Peace Association. "Branches purchase a set of winners and honor books from a local or independent bookstore if at all possible. They give them to their local public libraries, after-school programs, Boys and Girls Clubs, day care centers or a favorite teacher's classroom library, to name just a few possibilities."
She continued, "Most often, branches present the books to the community agency with flourish and ceremony, including information about Jane Addams, reading the first page of each book, reading aloud one of the picture books and discussing it, for example. The books also make great gifts for the special children in our lives and, as a...