I've just learned that LIKE PICKLE JUICE ON A COOKIE has won the 2012 Gryphon Award! I love this award! And--really and truly--not solely because I just won it! Here's the official description:
The Gryphon Award is given annually in recognition of an English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in Kindergarten through Grade 4. The title chosen best exemplifies those qualities that successfully bridge the gap in difficulty between books for reading aloud to children and books for practiced readers.
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The award is sponsored by the Center for Children's Books at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
In other news, I think I neglected to report that Pickle Juice is a 2011 Cybils (Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Award) Finalist, in the Early Chapter Books category. Here's a link to the announcement: http://www.cybils.com/2011-finalists-easy-readersearly-chapter-books.html. So exciting!
Congrats, Julie!
Posted by: Ghenet Myrthil | 02/02/2012 at 10:06 AM
Congratulations! I'll add Pickle Juice on a Cookie to my TBR pile.
Posted by: Ali B. | 02/03/2012 at 11:58 AM
Thank you!!
Posted by: Julie | 02/05/2012 at 07:24 AM