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2013 Judge: James Patterson
James Patterson’s bestselling books for young readers, such as the Middle School books, Confessions of a Murder Suspect and the Maximum Ride and Witch & Wizard series, are aimed at giving kids exciting books that make reading fun. His passion to get kids to love books led him to found the #1 pro-reading not-for-profit website on the internet, ReadKiddoRead.com. From his large-scale school book donations to his various scholarships, Patterson has launched a full-scale movement to infect America’s kids with the joy of reading.
(photo credit: Deborah Feingold)
About Battle Commander
The Battle Commander is the nom de guerre for children’s literature enthusiasts Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman, fourth grade teacher and middle school librarian at the Dalton School in New York City and Jonathan Hunt, the County Schools Librarian at the San Diego County Office of Education. All three have served on the Newbery Committee as well as other book selection and award committees. They are also published authors of books, articles, and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. You can find Monica at educating alice and on twitter as @medinger. Roxanne is at Fairrosa Cyber Library and on twitter as @fairrosa. Jonathan can be reached at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com.
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