The 2024 Whippoorwill Award: Gathering Stories of Indigeneity, Connection, and Belonging

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Title:	The 2024 Whippoorwill Award: Gathering Stories of Indigeneity, Connection, and Belonging
Language:	English
Authors:	Erika L. Bass, Michael J. Young, Alan Hoffman, Jacqueline Yahn, Monica Roe, Devon Brenner, Chea Parton
Source:	Rural Educator. 2025 46(1):4-9.
Availability:	National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ruraleducator/
Peer Reviewed:	Y
Page Count:	8
Publication Date:	2025
Document Type:	Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors:	Awards, Books, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Rural Areas, Rural Environment, Rural Population, Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, Diversity, Social Problems, Cultural Differences, Sense of Belonging, Sense of Community, Reading Material Selection
ISSN:	0273-446X
Abstract:	Celebrating books published in 2023, now finishing its fifth award cycle, the Whippoorwill Award continues to recognize quality rural literature for young people. Each year, the award committee selects books that portray and honor the complex experiences of rural culture and communities. The award serves to help highlight the diversity of rurality so rural readers, teachers, librarians, and community members can find books that connect with their experiences of rurality.
Abstractor:	ERIC
Entry Date:	2025
Accession Number:	EJ1462534
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	Celebrating books published in 2023, now finishing its fifth award cycle, the Whippoorwill Award continues to recognize quality rural literature for young people. Each year, the award committee selects books that portray and honor the complex experiences of rural culture and communities. The award serves to help highlight the diversity of rurality so rural readers, teachers, librarians, and community members can find books that connect with their experiences of rurality.
ISSN:	0273-446X