Their mother is mentally unstable and as such, Lyddie and Charlie, the two oldest children, take care of the farming and the cooking. Lydia (Lyddie) Worthen and her family live on a small farm sans their father in 1843 Vermont. They have four children and seven grandchildren. She is both an Alida Cutts Lifetime Member of the United States Board on Books for Young People (and a lifetime member of the International Board on Books for Young People (and her husband, John, live in Montpelier, Vermont. The NCBLA’s innovative projects actively promote literacy, literature, libraries, and the arts. Paterson is vice president of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance (which is a not-for-profit education and advocacy organization. She served as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2010-2011.Ms.
She was also named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress. A two-time winner of the Newbery Medal (Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved) and the National Book Award (The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer), she has received many accolades for her body of work, including the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, given by her home state of Vermont. Katherine Paterson’s international fame rests not only on her widely acclaimed novels but also on her efforts to promote literacy in the United States and abroad.
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