ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

Hey kiddo! Today I am going to explain to you what the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award is. The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award is an award that is given to children's books, meaning books that are written for younger people like you.

Now let's talk about the person this award is named after, Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll was actually the pen name of a man named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was a writer who lived a long time ago, in the 1800s. His most famous book is called "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," which I'm sure you might have heard of!

So, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award is given out to books that the people who give out the award think have a similar spirit and creativity to Lewis Carroll's works. These books might have interesting characters, new and imaginative worlds, and really fun stories.

In order to get nominated for the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, a book needs to have been around for at least 25 years. That means that people have been reading and loving the book for a long time!

The cool thing about the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award is that it isn't just given out once a year, like some other awards. Instead, it's given out whenever people think there are new books that deserve it.

So, in summary, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award is an award that is given to books for kids that are really creative and imaginative, kind of like the books that Lewis Carroll wrote a long time ago. It's given out whenever people feel there is a book that deserves the award, and the book needs to have been around for at least 25 years.