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2003 Outstanding ELA Educator Award Winner
Bernice "Bee" Cullinan is the ninth recipient of the NCTE Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts Award. The Outstanding ELA Award recognizes a distinguished national or international educator who has made major contributions to the field of language arts in elementary education.
 Dr. Cullinan, emeritus professor of early childhood and elementary education at New York University, is the recipient of the 2003 Outstanding Educator in the English Language Arts Award. The Elementary Section Steering Committee celebrated Bee's contributions to the English language arts at the Elementary Section Get-Together during the NCTE Annual Convention in San Francisco, California.
Bee is currently editor-in-chief of Wordsong, the poetry imprint of Boyds Mill Press, a publisher specializing in children’s literature and language arts. She is a specialist in children's literature, language arts, and reading, as well as the author of numerous books for professionals and parents on literacy topics.
Bee currently serves on various Advisory Boards including: Mazza Collection Art from Children's Books, Reading Rainbow, WGBH Children's Programs, Ranger Rick Magazine, and Literacy & Learning Series, Teachers College Press. She is also on the Highlights for Children Foundation Board of Trustees and is Committee Advisor to the International Reading Association (IRA) Teachers' Choices Project.
Bee was past president of IRA and has served on the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Selection Committee, the Caldecott Award Selection Committee, the NCTE Editorial Board and Nominating Committee, and the IRA Board of Directors.
Her honors and awards include induction into the Reading Hall of Fame and The Ohio State University Hall of Fame, The Ohio State Charlotte Huck Professor of Children's Literature Award, Indiana University Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Literacy, The Ohio State University President's Club, the Jeremiah Ludington Award EPA Contribution to Educational Publishing, and the Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Teacher of Children's Literature.
The NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children was established in 1977, in honor of Bee's son, Jonathan. She has collected children's favorite poems written by the Poetry Award recipients in A Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by NCTE Award Winning Poets and I Heard a Bluebird Sing: Children Select Their Favorite Poems by Aileen Fisher in hardcover or paperback.
Read "An Interview with Bernice E. Cullinan" by Dorothy S. Strickland and Lee Galda which appeared in Language Arts, Volume 81, Number 2 in November, 2003.  (PDF)
Also see Bee Cullinan's House of Poetry Web site by Boyds Mill Press.
 
Selected Books:
- I Heard a Bluebird Sing: Children Select Their Favorite Poems. (Aileen Fisher) Boyds Mill Press, NCTE, 2002. or Paperback.
- Literature and the Child, 5th Edition. (Lee Galda) Wadsworth Publishers, 2001.
- Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. (Diane Person) Giniger/Continuum Int'l, 2001.
- Read to Me: Raising Kids Who Love to Read, 2nd Edition. Scholastic, 2000.
- Poetry Lessons that Dazzle and Delight. (David Harrison) Scholastic, 1999.
- Future Poets Guide: Techniques to Help Kids Fall in Love with Poetry. CBC, 1999.
- Language, Literacy & Child, 2nd Edition. (Dorothy Strickland & Lee Galda) Wadsworth, 1997.
- A Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by NCTE Award-Winning Poets. Wordsong/NCTE, 1996.
- Three Voices: An Invitation to Poetry Across the Curriculum. (Marilyn Scala & Virginia Schroder) Stenhouse, 1995.
- Children's Literature in the Classroom: Extending Charlotte's Web. (Janet Hickman & Susan Hepler) Christopher Gordon, 1994.
- Children's Voices: Talk in the Classroom. (Ed) International Reading Association, 1993.
- Pen in Hand: Children Become Writers. (Ed) International Reading Association, 1993.
- Fact & Fiction: Literature Across the Curriculum. (Ed) International Reading Association, 1993.
- Helping Your Child Learn to Read: With Activities for Children from Infancy Through Age 10 (Brod Bagert) U.S. Department of Education, OERI, 1993.
- Let's Read About...Finding Books They'll Love to Read. Scholastic, 1993.
- Invitation to Read: More Children's Literature in Reading Program. (Ed) International Reading Association, 1992.
- Children's Literature in the Classroom: Weaving Charlotte's Web.(Janet Hickman) Christopher Gordon, 1989.
- Children's Literature in the Reading Program. (Ed) International Reading Association, 1987.
Published Research:
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2000-2001 |
I Heard a Bluebird Sing: Children Select Their Favorite Poems. NCTE, Boyds Mill Press. Hardcover or Paperback. |
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1990-1995 |
Award Winning Poems Children Choose. A Jar of Tiny Stars. NCTE, Wordsong, Boyds Mill Press, 1996. |
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1988-1989 |
Literacy Initiative in the United States. School Library Journal. |
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1981-1982 |
Study of Development in Children's Responses to Literature. Journal of Research Development in Education. Vol. 16(3). 1983. |
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1973-1975 |
Young Black Children's Language & Reading Competence in Standard English. National Institute of Education Grant, 1976. |
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1969-1971 |
Expanding Language Power of New York City Children. NYU, 1971. |
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1968-1969 |
Preferred Learning Modalities & Reading Tasks. USOE Grant, 1969. |
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1964-1967 |
Critical Reading Ability of Elementary School Children. USOE, 1967. |
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1963-1964 |
Home Environment & Creative Thinking Abilities of Young Children. Ph.D. Research. The Ohio State University, 1964. |
Related Information:
Poetry Award Overview
Outstanding ELA Educator Award Overview
Portrait of a Giver - Bernice Cullinan
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