Reach Out and Read and Scholastic are proud to announce this year’s Judy Newman Book Award will be Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival. The annual award highlights one book that resonates with families and encourages them to read-aloud together. This reassuring story about what to do when a worry won’t leave you alone provides a platform to children on the benefit of expressing emotions.
The award namesake Judy Newman is President and Reader in Chief of Scholastic Book Clubs, a longtime advocate for children’s literature, and a National Board member of Reach Out and Read. The award upholds the belief that finding the right book at the right time can light an emotional spark within a child that motivates him or her to read more, understand more, and read joyfully. When that happens, the world opens. Everything becomes possible.
The award upholds the belief that finding the right book at the right time can light an emotional spark within a child that motivates him or her to read more, understand more, and read joyfully. When that happens, the world opens. Everything becomes possible.