American Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words american, book and/or award:

“The American ideal, after all, is that everyone should be as much alike as possible.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)

“With a few exceptions, the critics of children’s books are remarkably lenient souls.... Most of us assume there is something good in every child; the critics go from this to assume there is something good in every book written for a child. It is not a sound theory.”
—Katharine S. White (1892–1977)

“The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)