Category: awards
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Pitfalls and Unexpected Benefits of the Epistolary Form
Welcome to June and our new mentor: Alice Walker!!!! Alice Walker, Miami Bookfair International, 1989 Alice Walker, as you may or may not know, is the Pulitzer Prize winner author of The Color Purple(you may’ve seen the Oscar nominated movie starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg). The Color Purplewas on my to-read list for a…
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Winning the Newbery Medal: What Does it Take?
Newbery Medal winners are generally destined for a long shelf life, heaps of attention from libraries, teachers, and parents, and are often deserving of the lauds and acclaims. What does it take to write a Newbery Medal winner? Well, you can take a peek at the criteria here. But I’m also going to break down…