Section-to-section connections: A note from the Children's Folklore Section
  by John McDowell
   
  I write as the repeat convener of the AFS Children’s Folklore section, and I thank Gregory Hansen and Rosemary Hathaway for this opportunity to communicate with the membership of the Folklore and Education section. Let me mention a few highlights of our activities that might be of interest to you folks.

1. We had an active meeting in Québec City last October, sponsoring two fascinating panels on children’s folklore--one on “Contexts of Children’s Folklore,” chaired by Carole Carpenter, the other on “Play as Intangible Cultural Heritage,” chaired by Anna Beresin.

2. Our William Wells Newell Prize committee, led efficiently by Chip Sullivan, came up with a 2007 winner of W. W. Newell Prize. Here is the official announcement:

This year’s Newell Prize, given by the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society for the best student essay on a topic in children’s folklore, went to Kristiana Willsey for her paper, “The Shoebox Museum: The Aesthetics and Organizational Concepts of Children.” The committee remarked on both the originality the topic and the interesting way Ms. Willsey presented her analysis of the materials children keep in shoeboxes, cookie tins, and other personal spaces. Kristiana Willsey is a student of John McDowell’s at Indiana University, and her paper will be published in volume 30, 2007-2008, of Children’s Folklore Review.

3. Our Aesop Prize Committee, led effectively by Brian Sturm, came up with a package of winners and accolades [Editor's Note: Click on the "Book Corner" link below for more detailed information about these works!]:

2007 AESOP AWARD WINNERS
Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War. Told by Kathy Henderson. Illustrated by Jane Ray. Candlewick, 2006.
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea. Retold by Anne Sibley O'Brien. Charlesbridge, 2006.

2007 AESOP ACCOLADES
Solomon and the Ant and Other Jewish Folktales. Retold by Sheldon Oberman. Introduction and commentary by Peninnah Schram. Boyds Mills Press, 2006.
Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story. Illustrated by Donald F. Montileaux. South Dakota State Historical Press, 2006.

4. We have a new editor of the Children's Folklore Review, which has been guided so well over the years by Chip Sullivan. Our new editor is Elizabeth (Libby) Tucker, in English at SUNY Binghamton. If you have research you’d like her to consider for publication, or if you wish to subscribe to CFR, you can reach Libby at ltucker@binghamton.edu.