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Books of Wonder
is tremendously proud to announce that on
Sunday, May 2nd, from 1 to 3pm, we
will be hosting an extraordinary event featuring
EIGHT of this year’s award-winning
authors and artists in children’s books,
including the 2010 winners of the Caldecott
Medal, Newbery Medal, Printz Award,
and Geisel Award! That’s
right – all 4 winners of this year’s most prized
American children’s book awards will be together
at Books of Wonder! Joining us will be
JERRY PINKNEY,
the 2010 Caldecott Medal winner for
The Lion and the Mouse,
an incredible interpretation of the Aesop fable
with lush, majestic illustrations;
REBECCA STEAD,
the 2010 Newbery Medal winner for
When You Reach Me,
a brilliant tale about a sixth-grade New
York girl who receives a series of odd notes
which seem to imply her involvement in horrible
accident that has yet to happen;
LIBBA BRAY,
the 2010 Printz Award winner for
Going Bovine,
a brilliant and gripping adventure story about a
sixteen-year-old boy who, when told he has a
terminal disease, sets out on the road trip of a
life time!;
GEOFFREY HAYES,
the 2010 Geisel Award winner for
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No
in which mouse siblings assume the role of
detectives and break a rule or two in pursuit of
Benny’s missing pail;
PAMELA ZAGARINSKI,
illustrator of the 2010 Caldecott Honor
Book
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors,
a dazzlingly illustrated look at the changing of
the seasons (one of only two Caldecott Honor
Books this year);
TEDD ARNOLD,
a 2010 Geisel Honoree for
I Spy Fly Guy!,
the latest adventures of that high flying fly;
and
KATE McMULLAN
and
R.W. ALLEY
2010 Geisel Honorees for
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day
the hilarious story of two rodents who find
themselves in one bind after another.
You will not want to
miss this chance to meet and greet with some of
the most talented men and women working in
children’s books today, all at Books of
Wonder for an afternoon full of
award-winning enjoyment! Beginning at 1pm, these
EIGHT exceptional talents will introduce
their wonderful titles, take questions from the
audience, and then sign copies of all their
spectacular works! All ages. 1-3pm.
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