The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester...
...is now available in paperback
How to Steal a Dog a winner
How to Steal a Dog won the 2011 Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award in the intermediate division.
New Children's Book Awards Nominations
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester has been nominated for the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, Georgia Children's Book Award, the Maine Student Book Award, Massachusetts Book Award (Must-Reads), New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award, Tennessee Volunteer Book Award, West Virginia Children's Choice Award, Nebraska Golden Sower Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award and the Japanese Sakura Medal. (Paperback version is now available.)
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis has been nominated for the California Young Readers Medal, the South Carolina Children's Book Award and the Mississippi Magnolia Children's Book Award.
Greetings from Nowhere has been nominated for the Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award for 2012.
SOME END OF THE YEAR KUDOS FOR OWEN JESTER:
ALA 2011 NOTABLE CHILDREN'S BOOKS American Library Association names The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester one of the year's best books.
BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010: The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester was named a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year!
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S 100 BOOKS FOR READING AND SHARING 2010 has included The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester!
THREE STARRED REVIEWS for The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester: Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. Read more »
Teaching Guide now available for Greetings From Nowhere.
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