2017-2018 Guidelines for Teachers and Educators
Letters About Literature 2017 Winners
The Rhode Island Center for the Book at The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities honored the 2017 Letters About Literature Awards recipients at ceremonies across the state. This year over 420 Rhode Island students sent letters to the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, responding to the prompt: Write a personal letter to an author whose work (either fiction or nonfiction) changed your view of the world or yourself. Close to 50,000 young readers from across the country participated in the national contest sponsored by the Center for the Book at the U.S. Library of Congress http://read.gov/letters/
Level 1 Rhode Island Winners
State Winner
Kendal Bazerman
Honorable Mentions
Sommie Amaechina
Level 2
State Winner
Arya Patel
Honorable Mentions
Ben Grijalva
Level 3
State Winner
Adelina Steinmetz
Honorable Mentions
Ayesha Khan
Delaney Bernier
Listen to Kendal Bazerman read her letter
Listen to Adelina Steinmetz read her letter