Language Learner Literature award winners

外国人の英語の先生方が中心に行っている
The Extensive Reading Foundation
が、２００５年度出版のＧＲの賞を発表しました。

Julian Bamford さんの投稿を引用します。

The Extensive Reading Foundation announced the winners of the 2006 Language Learner Literature Award today.

[url:http://www.erfoundation.org/winners2006.html]

This year's award is for graded readers published in 2005. The winning and shortlisted books may be particularly good additions to your extensive reading library. To give a sense of the books, I've copied some comments made about them below.

Young Learners: Winner
Thumbelina retold by Sue Arengo. Illustrated by Celeste Goulding. Classic Tales Beginner 2 (Oxford University Press).
In selecting Thumbelina as the winner, the jury made particular note of the clear and repetitive language that will appeal to young learners. Voters commented, "It's a very cute story." (Japan) "I loved the illustrations. . . . Simply beautiful." (Cyprus)

Adolescents and Adults: Winner
The Amazon Rain Forest by Bernard Smith. Illustrations by Harriet Buckley.
Penguin Readers, Elementary, Level 2 (Pearson Education)
In a closely called decision, The Amazon Rain Forest was chosen for its outstanding overall production, and for its sense of drama, going beyond cliched environmental facts. Voters commented, "It is really very interesting." (India) "I have learned a lot." (Canada)

In addition to the winners, the following books were selected as the shortlisted "finalists" in each category:

Young Learners: Finalists
The Slippery Planet by Rosemary Hayes. Illustrated by Ian Newsham. Cambridge Storybooks Level 4 (Cambridge University Press) "I like the story because it is very exciting. . . . I also like the animal pictures." (Japan)

The Special Cake by June Crebbin. Illustrated by Peter Kavanagh. Cambridge Storybooks Level 4 (Cambridge University Press) "Because it is fun and I like cake." (Korea)

Adolescents and Adults: Finalists
Ned Kelly: a True Story by Christine Lindop. Original illustrations by David Eaton. Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 1 (Oxford University Press) "It was a great book. . . . because he was fighting for poor people. I like that about Ned Kelly." (U.S.)

Within High Fences by Penny Hancock. Illustrations by Debbie Hinks.
Cambridge English Readers Level 2 (Cambridge University Press) "I like the fact that romance is not the only theme in this story but it also addresses the issue of the treatment of asylum seekers which gives it a whole new depth." (Malaysia)