Monday, April 7, 2014

INK Author News for April

 NEW BOOKS


Beneath the Sun by Melissa Stewart, ill. by Constance Bergum (Peachtree)


A Place for Butterflies by Melissa Stewart (revised edition, Peachtree)


LATEST AWARDS

The Mad PotterGeorge E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (Roaring Brook)
            • Orbis Pictus Recommended
            • Booklist Best Book
            • School Library Journal Best Book
            • CBC/NCSS Notable for Social Studies
            • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award Master List

The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
            • John Burroughs Riverby Award
            • featured title, New England Book Show eBook category.

The Mystery of Darwin's Frog by Marty Crump, ill. by Steve Jenkins and Edel Rodriguez (Boyds Mills)
            • John Burroughs Riverby Award

Animals Upside Down by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
            • featured selection, New England Book Show

Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
            • 2014 CCBC Choices

Volcano Rising by Elizabeth Rusch (Charlesbridge)
            • 2014 CCBC Choices

Rotten Pumpkin, by David Schwartz (Creston Books)
            • 2013 Distinguished Book, Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California

Courage Has No Color, by Tanya Lee Stone (Candlewick)
            • NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature for Youth/Teens


APPEARANCES

April 3-5 Melissa Stewart will speak at the National Science Teachers Association conference in Boston, MA.

April 7: Deborah Heiligman will speak at the Simons Foundation in New York City: Lyrical And Logical: A Reading of Children's Books About Math.  

April 9: Steve Jenkins and his co-author Robin Page will speak at the TLA (Texas Library Association) Conference in San Antonio, TX.

April 10-11 Melissa Stewart will speak at the Massachusetts Reading Association annual meeting in Quincy, MA.

April 10-11: David Schwartz will speak at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics National Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

April 10-12: Deborah Heiligman will speak at the Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids MI.

April 26: Steve Jenkins will speak at the 32nd annual Spring Festival of Children’s Literature at Frostburg State, MD.

April 26: Susan Kuklin will be guest speaker at the 2014 Stamford Literary Competition Award Ceremony, Stamford, CT. 








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