So many friends to root for!
That was my first reaction upon seeing this year’s finalists in the various children’s literature categories of the Texas Institute of Letters awards.
I’m honored that my The Nutcracker Comes to America, illustrated by Cathy Gendron, is in the running for the Denton Record-Chronicle Award for Best Children’s Picture Book.
But regardless of the outcome next month, isn’t this some great company to be in?
H-E-B/Jean Flynn Award for Best Children’s Book ($500)
Liz Garton Scanlon, The Great Good Summer (Beach Lane Books); Anne Bustard, Anywhere But Paradise (EgmontUSA); Don Tate, Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Peachtree Publishers)
H-E-B Best Young Adults Book ($500)
David Bowles, The Smoking Mirror (IFWG Publishing), Brian Yansky, Utopia, Iowa (Candlewick); Rene S. Perez II, Seeing Off the Johns (Cinco Puntos Press)
Denton Record-Chronicle Award for Best Children’s Picture Book ($500)
Pat Mora, The Remembering Day / El dia de los muertos (Arte Público Press); Kathi Appelt, Counting Crows (Atheneum Books for Young Readers); Chris Barton, The Nutcracker Comes to America (Millbrook Press)
Congratulations to all the finalists in all the categories, and especially to Sarah Bird for her career-honoring Lon Tinkle Award. Talk about great company…
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