March 12, 2012

        Five authors and five illustrators have been selected from 57 candidates submitted by 32 national sections of IBBY for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award. The award, considered the most prestigious in international children’s literature, is given biennially by the International Board on Books for Young People to a living author…

June 6, 2011

We didn’t win but I did discover that out of almost 100 submissions, we made the top five nominees! And we were up against trailers made with big budgets by big publishers. And we lost to Lane Smith, which is a worthy loss! On our way to Brooklyn…       Under the heading of…

October 14, 2010

Other wasy to listen: Subscribe for your iPod/iPhone at iTunes Subscribe for your Zune Download this episode by clicking here. Or just click the “i” on the media player to the left to see the episode listing.   Show Notes Episode # 12 Subject: School Library Journal’s new Trailee AwardsGuests: Rocco StainoFrom the Burpline: A question about what…

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