The Education Department at Antioch University Los Angeles has announced its 2017 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award winner; Some Kind of Courage, by Dan Gemeinhart. Some Kind of Courage is an historical western adventure that tells the story about a twelve-year-old who has lost his father in an accident, and his mother and his little […]
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Sharon Draper Wins 2016 Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award
Sharon M. Draper novel’s, Stella by Starlight, tackles racial injustice and finds strength in unlikely places. Draper tells the tale of a young girl living in South Carolina during the Depression-era, and is the winner of Antioch University Los Angeles’ ninth annual Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award. The award is given by AULA’s Education Department and […]
Second Annual Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award Winner Announced
CULVER CITY, CA – Antioch University Los Angeles today announced that it has chosen Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen as the 2009 Horace Mann Upstander Award winner for Children’s Literature. The award will be given as part of the 2nd Annual Children’s Literature Conference, to be held on June 6, 2009 on the AULA […]