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Recognition for Maine Author/illustrators includes Phil Hoose's Moonbirds, Toni Buzzeo's One Cool Friend and Daniel Minter's illustrations in Ellen's Broom !
Newbery 2013: “The One and Only Ivan,” written by Katherine Applegate
Caldecott 2013: “This Is Not My Hat,” illustrated and written by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press
Coretta Scott King : CSK Illustrator 2013: Bryan Collier, “I, Too, Am America,”;
CSK Author 2013: Andrea Davis Pinkney, “Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America,” illustrated by Brian Pinkney,
Stonewall 2013: “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I think we should find a way to get as many of these books as we can for the FSP library... use comments for ideas!
Also, check out this great resource for learning how to pronounce authors' names and then to dig in about them and their books... and check out #alayma