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Marc Aronson, a lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Science at Rutgers' School of Communication and Information, has received an honorable mention from the National Council of Teachers of English for his book “If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge.”
NCTE each year names one winner and five honorable mentions for its Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Award.
Aronson joined an archaeological research crew and recorded their efforts to crack Stonehenge's secrets. National Geographic helped sponsor the Riverside archeological team’s mission, and through the book, young readers can journey behind the scenes to experience their story firsthand.
Watch Aronson discuss Stonehenge and the new “Blue Stonehenge” on FOX News
Award-winning books are judged on accuracy, organization, design, and style. In addition, each nomination should be useful in classroom teaching grades K-8, should encourage thinking and more reading, model exemplary expository writing and research skills, share interesting and timely subject matter, and appeal to a wide range of ages.
Aronson writes books, visits schools, teaches classes, and publishes books that inspire young people to ask questions, to look around, behind, inside of the stories the world tells us - whether that means being a detective, examining the clues history has left behind, or a reporter, telling the truth about the modern world.
Read more about Aronson at his website, www.marcaronson.com.
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