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Kite Book Wins Eureka! Honor Award!

10/29/2014

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The room was crowded with teachers. Eureka! Award judges Lynda Griblin, Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan and Lynn Gurnee pulled books out of boxes to display. They were about to announce the winners of the California Reading Association's 2104 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award. As I found a spot, there was a small buzz in the front of the room. "She's here! Where is it?" a judge whispered. Suddenly, all three judges pointed to me. "Did you know?" asked Lynda Griblin. "You won a Eureka! Honor Award." She held the book up high, the silver sticker catching the light. They beamed. I beamed. What a thrill to find out, there among teacher friends, about this and to also find out about other colleagues' books that were among the winners. Here's to CRA for recognizing the importance of nonfiction in the reading lives of children!
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Here I am with CRA Eureka! Award judges Linda Griblin, Dr. Virginia Loh-Hagan and Lynn Gurnee on October 17, 2014 at the CRA PDI in Sacramento, California.
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Cats Select Prize Winners

10/7/2014

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On October 3, I made two presentations at the Ventura County Office of Education's library conference - one on Narrative Nonficiton and the other on our vcrareading.org Author Visit Study. Participants entered their names into a drawing. The selection of winners was extremely scientific. Entry forms were folded and placed in the bucket. The bucket was overturned on my living room floor. Two cats (one was sleeping), Cookie and Ebony, were then released to choose the winning entries. Ebony Complained loudly that they needed to choose more than one winner. So they did. The following lucky people will be receiving the following prizes:

1st Prize : Choice of a hardcover, autographed copy The Kite That Bridged Two Nations (my newest picture book for older readers) or The Recess Queen

2nd Prize: Hardcover, autographed copy of The Kite That Bridged Two Nations (my newest picture book for older readers)

Runner-up Prize: Paperback copy of Estela’s Swap (a picture book set in Ventura County)

The winners:

Cynthia Reyes              Cruz                               Santa Paula                                              1st Prize Winner

Kari                                Skidmore                      Santa Clara                                              2nd Prize Winner

Shelley                          Benson                          Las Virgenes                                            Runner up

Maribel                         Carino-Alvarez             Oxnard                                                      Runner up

Joanne                          Davidson                       Moorpark                                                 Runner up

Connie                          Echevarria                    Hueneme                                                 Runner up

Vicki                               Ludlow                          Conejo                                                      Runner up

Jose                               Resendiz                       Hueneme                                                 Runner up

Pam                               Seligman                       Rio                                                             Runner up

Sandi                             Thompson                    Moorpark                                                 Runner up

Robin                             Todarello                      Ventura                                                    Runner up

Denice                           Tousignant                   Ventura                                                    Runner up


 
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    Alexis loves to play with words and find out more about how the world works. The result so far? Picture books for kids and nonfiction articles in kids' magazines. And she's working on many more writing projects, too!

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