Flier for Betsy Lewin Program at the Old Worthington Library

Shown here is the flier for a Worthington Libraries program featuring author and illustrator Betsy Lewin. She was in Worthington to accept the 2011 Jo Osborne Award for Humor in Children's Literature, and gave this presentation on her creative process for children and adult attendees.

The author and illustrator of numerous books for children, Lewin won a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations for "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type," written by Doreen Cronin. Known for her expressive watercolor paintings, many of Lewin's books have appeared on the "New York Times" Best Seller List and she has garnered awards including a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators.

Jo Osborne was a children's librarian at Worthington Libraries from 1979 until her death at age 59 in 1995. The Jo Osborne Award for Humor in Children's Literature was established in 1996 to honor her commitment to bringing children, books and humor together. The award recognizes the art of humor in either a single children's book or in the body of work of a children's literature author. As described in the brochure for the award, Jo "sought out the silly, the funny, the poignant, the witty for storytelling and puppet shows to impart a love of books to all the children who were lucky enough to cross her path" during her years as a librarian.

In addition to Lewin's receipt of the award in 2011, the other Jo Osborne Award winners were Patricia Polacco (1996), Sid Fleischman (1997), Steven Kellogg (1998), Jon Scieszka (1999), William Steig (2000), Rosemary Wells (2001), Kevin Henkes (2002), Tomie dePaola (2003), Paula Danziger (2004) and Daniel Pinkwater (2010).