![]() ![]() ![]() “Elegant, simple, they say a lot with a few words. “Haiku poetry and cats have a lot in common,” explained Wardlaw. Won Ton, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, tells the story of a wary shelter cat and the boy who takes him home. Books are judged by a panel of nationally recognized teachers, librarians, and scholars. This award, established in 1993, is presented each year to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of children’s poetry published in the previous calendar year. Lee Wardlaw with Papaya, the inspiration for her latest book Won Ton Paul WellmanĪn author of more than 25 books and winner of multiple awards, Santa Barbara’s Lee Wardlaw’s most recent achievement is the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for her children’s book Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku. ![]()
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