THE TREE LADY, illustrated by Jill McElmurry, has been named to the shortlist for the 2014 Green Earth Book Awards! http://www.natgen.org/green-earth-book-awards/
Continue reading...Mo Willems’s THAT IS *NOT* A GOOD IDEA! was named to the 2014-2015 Virginia Readers’ Choice list of Primary titles by the Virginia State Reading Association. Congratulations, Mo! https://www.vsra.org/virginia-readers-choice/
Continue reading...Marcia Wernick will be doing roundtables at the upcoming SCBWI Annual Conference in New York on February 21 through February 23. Registration is filling fast for the conference: https://www.scbwi.org/events/15th-annual-scbwi-winter-conference-in-new-york/
Continue reading...Many W&P clients were honored with places on the ALA/ALSC Notable Children’s Books list. Congratulations to Aaron Becker, Bryan Collier, Angela Dominguez, LeUyen Pham, and Mo Willems! http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
Continue reading...Agent Emily Mitchell will be offering critiques and participating in an agents’ panel at the New England SCBWI Conference on May 2 and 3 in Springfield, MA. Registration opens February 5. http://newengland.scbwi.org//event-2014-spring-regional-conference/
Continue reading...CONGRATULATIONS to the Wernick & Pratt clients whose books were honored with ALA Youth Media Awards this year! Aaron Becker, JOURNEY: 2014 Caldecott Honor Book Bryan Collier, KNOCK KNOCK: MY FATHER’S DREAM FOR ME: 2014 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Angela Dominguez, MARIA HAD A LITTLE LLAMA: 2014 Pure Belpre […]
Continue reading...THE BOY WHO LOVED MATH, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, was named an Orbis Pictus Honor Book by the National Council of Teachers of English! http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus
Continue reading...BO AT BALLARD CREEK, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, won the 2014 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction! http://www.hbook.com/2014/01/blogs/read-roger/2014-scott-odell-award-historical-fiction/
Continue reading...Jane Kelley was interviewed on Milwaukee Public Radio about her novel, THE DESPERATE ADVENTURES OF ZENO AND ALYA. Listen to it here: http://wuwm.com/post/parrot-helps-child-fighting-cancer-new-young-readers-novel
Continue reading...Publishers Weekly has named Aaron Becker a 2013 Flying Start! Congratulations, Aaron! http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/60470-fall-2013-flying-starts-aaron-becker.html
Continue reading...More year-end accolades: The New York Public Library has named several books by Wernick & Pratt clients to its 2013 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing (http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/100titlesforreadingandsharing2013.pdf). Congratulations to Aaron Becker’s Journey; Lita Judge’s How Big Were Dinosaurs?; Knock Knock: My Father’s Dream for Me, illustrated by Bryan Collier; The Boy Who Loved Math, illustrated […]
Continue reading...The Huffington Post named Aaron Becker’s Journey and Knock Knock: My Father’s Dream for Me, illustrated by Bryan Collier, and The Boy Who Loved Math, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, to its Best Picture Books of 2013 list! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/minhle/best-picture-books-of-201_b_4378532.html
Continue reading...Congratulations to Journey by Aaron Becker and Bo at Ballard Creek, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, which were named to the Horn Book Fanfare 2013 list! http://www.hbook.com/2013/12/blogs/read-roger/fanfare/
Continue reading...Aaron Becker’s Journey and Lita Judge’s How Big Were Dinosaurs? made NPR’s Book Concierge list of the Best Books of 2013! http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2013/
Continue reading...More great news for Aaron Becker’s Journey and LeUyen Pham’s The Boy Who Loved Math: both were named to the New York Times Notable Children’s Books of 2013 list! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/notable-childrens-books-of-2013.html
Continue reading...The Boy Who Loved Math, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, and Journey by Aaron Becker were named to the Kirkus Best Books of 2013 list! Congratulations! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/issue/best-of-2013/section/children/
Continue reading...Aaron Becker’s Journey and Mo Willems’s That Is NOT a Good Idea! were named to School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2013 list! Congratulations! http://www.slj.com/2013/11/reviews/best-of/slj-best-books-2013-picturebooks/
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