New children's book award presented

Frank Asch and his son Devin have won the first Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award, presented at Antioch University's First Annual Children's Literature Conference on June 7. They were honored for their book Mrs. Marlowe's Mice.

An "upstander" is a person who recognizes injustice and acts in a way to right the wrong. The Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award honors new children's K-6 fiction that best exemplifies the ideals of social action and in turn encourages young readers to become agents of change themselves.

For further information about the award, visit the Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award page.