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ISLMA Conference: Author’s Breakfast
Join me and other children’s book writers meeting and talking with Illinois librarians. I will be offering FREE SKYPE school visits for each school or teacher who buys 5 or more books! Please spread the word– Seeds of Change is a story for all!! ISLMA Illinois School Library Association Conference Author’s Breakfast October 29, 2011 7:30- 9:30 am Springfield, Illinois History of ISLMA The Illinois School Library Media Association was formed on March 3, 1988 when a group of school library media professionals known as The Friends of School Libraries met at the Oak Brook Hills Conference Center and presented a proposal for formal organization. The...
Read MoreYoung Hoosier Book Awards
The Young Hoosier Book Award (YHBA) was established in 1974, and then expanded to three categories in 1992: Kindergarten through 3rd grade; 4th through 6th grade, and 6th through 8th grade. The Award is designed to encourage student reading by having students, teachers, parents, and media specialists identify 20 of their favorite books in each category, of which one winner is chosen in each grade division every year. Criteria for selection include requirements that book must be published within the last five years and be in print at the time of...
Read MoreThe Accidental Environmentalist
The Accidental Environmentalist By Jen Cullerton Johnson I live in an urban environment where skyscrapers hem in nature. Animals dwell in cages at the zoos. Gardens and greenery thrive in manicured parks. Buoys block off Lake Michigan. Even the stars disappear under the brightness of streetlights. The hours I spend inside my house on the computer surpass the time I spend outside. When I began researching and writing Seeds of Change about the life of Wangari Maathai the first African Woman to win the Nobel Prize for the environment, I wasn’t a Greenie. In fact, my contributions to saving the planet rested on turning off lights, recycling, and an...
Read MoreAfricana Awards from Africa Access
Seeds of Change has won the 2011 Children’s Book of the Year for Africana Awards For more information, please check out the link!
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