Summer Friend: Me & Jack Nominated for Great Stone Face Book Award!

Me & Jack Nominated for Great Stone Face Book Award!

While perusing the Internet, I discovered a wonderful surprise: Me & Jack has been nominated by the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire for the Great Stone Face Book Award 2012-2013! This is such great news! I've read some of the other books in the list and I'm thrilled to be in the same company as Brian Selznik, Cal Ripken, Jr., Lauren Oliver and other great authors. Now I know what actors mean when they say, "It's an honor just to be nominated."

Thank you, New Hampshire Librarians!

4 comments:

Sandy Nawrot said...: CONGRATS! Jack is such a wonderful book, I'm not surprised at all.; June 2, 2012 at 8:11 AM
Charles Gramlich said...: Excellent! That's just wonderful news! Congrats.; June 2, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Kimbra Kasch said...: Congrats!!! It's a great book. You deserve it :D; June 4, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh - love the poem! I'll have to share that with my middle school students. Do you visit schools? Our school is searching for a school wide read aloud. I think Me and Jack would bea great choice. what is the best way to contact you to see about school visits? Thanks!
Jeri; July 7, 2012 at 11:56 AM

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