Just got my Southern Breeze Newsletter and saw this: Mary Ann Rodman’s JIMMY’S STARS was named to the National Assoc. of Social Studies Teachers Best Trade Books list, as well as Booklist’s 10 Best Historical Fiction books of 2008, and a Bank Street College Best Book. Both SURPRISE SOUP (Viking) and A TREE FOR EMMY [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Awards'
Old Stars Still Shining
August 13th, 2009 · Comments Off
Tags: Author Promotion · Awards · History · Picture Books
This and That
July 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments
Lots of catch-up junk to discuss. Sorry. Blogger of the Tour Bloggers eligible for the Blogger of the Tour Award for the Darkwood Tour were as follows: Never Jam Today Becky’s Book Reviews Through a Child’s Eyes My Own Little Corner of the World Please vote in the poll at the top of the left sidebar. [...]
Tags: Awards · Kidz Book Buzz Bizz
Savvy Book Tour Wrap-up
April 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The big pink Bible bus is rolling off, leaving nothing but the memories. I loved this book and loved this tour. I enjoyed all the interviews, particularly. And I especially appreciate Ms. Law playing along as she’s said she’s kind of a private, shy type of person. It was good of her to make herself [...]
Tags: Awards · Fantasy · Middle Grade
Is Sending Snotty Emails a Legitimate Savvy?
April 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Here we are in the third day of the Savvy tour already. We had so many interesting interviews with Ingrid, I’m sure she’s exhausted. I’m amazed she’s still able to smile at us all from her author picture. Oh. Um. Never mind. Everyone loved the book. It’s always fun to do a tour on a book [...]
Tags: Awards · Fantasy · Middle Grade
Jimmy’s Stars Out in the World
March 18th, 2009 · Comments Off
Here’s some news from our old friend Mary Ann Rodman. She was our first blog tour author and she sent us all wonderful hardback copies of her book Jimmy’s Stars. What do you think of that paperback cover of Jimmy’s Stars? Mary Ann told me that’s the cover for the UK version, so I’m not [...]
Tags: Awards