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    "text": "Louder Than Hunger won Bank Street College of Education's 2025 Youth Choice Award!!",
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          "alt": "New York, NY—May 5, 2025—The Children's Book Committee (CBC), a division of the\nCenter for Children's Literature at Bank Street College of Education, announced its inaugural\nYouth Choice Award honoring a book of outstanding literary merit on sensitive subjects written\nfor a youth audience.\nChosen by the members of the CBC’s Young Ambassadors Program—a group of young readers\nfrom toddlers through high school students who read and review books—this award is dedicated\nto the late children’s book author and educator Robie H. Harris, GSE ’70. Throughout her\nrenowned career, Harris celebrated the challenges of childhood in her work and used the power\nof stories to help youth validate their feelings and emotions.\n“The Youth Choice Award is a celebration of books that inspire young readers to see themselves\nand the world with more kindness and understanding,” said 16-year-old Quade, Co-Chair of the\nYouth Choice Award Committee. “The award dedication is a tribute to Harris’s legacy, honoring\nbooks that capture the spirit of exploration, psychological depth, and literary excellence that she\nchampioned throughout her life.”\nThe 2025 inaugural Youth Choice Award has been presented to Louder Than Hunger by John\nSchu, a powerful book about middle school student Jake, who undergoes treatment for anorexia\nnervosa that manifests as a controlling “voice” in his head. The book features free-verse poetry\nthat dramatically expresses his harrowing journey to health.\n17-year-old Vimala, Co-Chair of the CBC’s Youth Choice Award Committee, said, “Louder\nThan Hunger by John Schu was chosen for its honest portrayal of the struggles teens face,\nespecially eating disorders and low self-esteem. Schu uniquely uses font size, capitalization, and\nbold text to broaden poetry’s horizons for readers and connect them with all the emotions of\nadolescence, from the joy of listening to music to fears of not fitting in. In a society obsessed",
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          "alt": "with perfection, Louder Than Hunger serves as an important reminder to accept all parts of\nyourself.”\nThe selection process for the Youth Choice Award was led by the members of the Young\nAmbassadors Program, who collaborated to develop the criteria for selecting a shortlist from\nCBC-approved titles.\n“The Young Ambassadors developed criteria that would recognize books that were inspiring and\nwould resonate with their peers,” said Mary Anne Wolpert, an executive member of the CBC and\nmentor to the Young Ambassadors. “All of the ambassadors submitted comments for each title\nframed around the criteria and a final vote was cast. The final decision had full committee\nconsensus and was unanimous.”\nQuade added, “Kids are more likely to read the books they choose. The Youth Choice Award was\ncreated by dedicated Youth Readers and Reviewers who believe that books are an important part\nof building healthy communities and a connected world. It also serves as a rare, student-driven\ninitiative to celebrate and promote literature that resonates deeply with young readers.”\nAdditional members of the committee include Alison (17 years old), Leah (16 years old), and\nNikhil (17 years old).\nThe Young Reviewers program is comprised of children from toddlers through high school\nstudents around the United States who read and review books that are currently being considered\nby the CBC for its annual Best Books of the Year list. Started more than 20 years ago, the\nprogram supports the CBC’s longstanding mission to evaluate books for children, parents,\nlibrarians, and educators by focusing on how books can affect young readers. The Young\nAmbassadors arm of this group includes prolific teen reviewers with a longstanding commitment\nto literary analysis who advocate for developing a love of reading within their communities.\nYouth interested in becoming a young reviewer can email youngreviewers@bankstreet.edu or\nvisit bankstreet.edu/young-reviewers-program.\nReflecting on the award’s dedication, au…",
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          "alt": "Levy added that she, along with Robie’s sons, David and Ben Harris, and her grandchildren—all\nwith ties to Bank Street—are so proud that the Young Ambassadors chose to honor her in this\nway.\nAbout Robie H. Harris\nRobie H. Harris graduated from Bank Street Graduate School of Education. She was the author\nof more than 30 books for children. Her best-known books, It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing\nBodies, Growing Up, and Sexual Health (1994) and It’s So Amazing: A Book About Eggs, Sperm,\nBirth, Babies, and Families (1999), made her among the most censored authors in the United\nStates.\nAbout the Children’s Book Committee\nThe Children’s Book Committee strives to guide librarians, educators, parents, grandparents, and\nother interested adults to the best books for children published each year. The list includes more\nthan 600 titles chosen by reviewers for literary quality and excellence of presentation, as well as\nthe potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility\nof characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of\nethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes.\nAbout the Center for Children’s Literature\nThe mission of the Center for Children’s Literature is to create, identify, and advocate for the\nhighest quality literature for all children from infancy through adolescence. The center ensures\nthat such literature is readily accessible to every child, and fosters in parents, educators, and\npolicymakers a commitment to the principle that good literature is fundamental to literacy. The\ncenter provides workshops, guides, and content for learning and social-emotional/aesthetic\ndevelopment at all levels of childhood education. Learn more at\nbankstreet.edu/center-for-childrens-literature.\nAbout Bank Street College of Education\nBank Street College of Education is a recognized leader in early childhood education, teacher\nand leader preparation, and the development of inno…",
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