Grace Abbott Book Prize

Call for Nominations: 2016 Grace Abbott Book Prize

TheSociety for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the best book in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in 2015. The award of a plaque and a check for $500 will be made by mid-summer 2016.

Nominations are invited from publishers, editors, scholars, and authors. Current members of the SHCY award committee are ineligible (but current officers of the Society, including Executive Committee, are eligible for nominations). Nominations must be postmarked by April 15, 2016.

Send a copy of the book, physical or electronic (PDF only), for consideration to each of the book award committee members at the following addresses:

Adriana Benzaquén (Chair) Department of History Mount Saint Vincent University 166 Bedford Highway Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 2J6 Canada adriana.benzaquen@msvu.ca

Nara Milanich Department of History Barnard College/Columbia University 3009 Broadway New York, NY 10027 USA nmilanic@barnard.edu

Hugh Morrison College of Education University of Otago PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054 New Zealand hugh.morrison@otago.ac.nz