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sts_ai("i0",[1,"<a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_l/landstrom.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><b>Lee Ann Landstrom</b></a> (left) and Anne Iverson accept the award from the National Association of Interpretation for Nature\'s Yucky 2: Animals of the Desert Southwest (Mountain Press Publishing). Lee Ann co-authored the book with <a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_l/landstrom.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><b>Karen I Shragg</b></a>. Anne is the Marketing Manager for Mountain Press Publishing. They visited Portland, Oregon, to accept this prestigious award. Congratulations! (7 Dec 2008)","","","ph_leeann.jpg",392,260,"left"],["transparent","8pt Verdana,Arial","#666666","none","8pt Verdana,Arial","#666666","none"]);
sts_ai("i1",[,"Three CLN members from different parts of the country met up at a recent FAME conference in Florida: author and speaker <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_b/baxter.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><b>Kathleen Baxter</b> (Minnesota), author <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_l/lafaye.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><b>Alexandria LaFaye</b></a> (Arkansas), and author <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_d/durbin.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><b>William Durbin</b></a> (Minnesota, on the Canadian border). (2 Dec 2008)",,"_self","ph_fame.jpg",363],[],"i0","i0");
sts_ai("i2",[,"CLN illustrator <a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_w/wohntka.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><strong>Mike Wohnoutka</strong></a> was honored for his illustrations in <em>Jack\'s House</em> by the Society of Illustrator\'s Original  Art Show in New York on October 16th. At left are the architects of <em>Jack\'s House</em>,  <a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_b/beil.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><strong>Karen Magnuson Beil</strong></a> (author), Mary Cash (editor, Holiday House) and <strong>Mike Wohnoutka </strong>(illustrator). Mike said, &quot;To see my artwork on the same walls as some of  my favorite illustrators like David Shannon, Loren Long, Adam Rex, Shel  Silverstein, just to name a few, was such an honor.&quot; (17 Nov 2008)",,,"ph081117.jpg",377],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i3",[,"<strong>Six on the Spot: a Poetry Challenge</strong>, put these six poets on the spot to follow a poem read by one person with another that was similar in idea, form, word, or topic. Reading from their own poems and raps were, from left to right, <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_c/chmielrz.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><strong>Sharon Chmielarz</strong></a><strong>, <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_g/grimes.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Nikki Grimes</a>, <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_r/reid_r.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Rob Reid</a>, <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_s/swanson.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Susan Marie Swanson</a>, <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_s/sidman.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Joyce Sidman</a>, and <a href=\"aifolder/aipages/ai_p/peters.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Lisa Westberg Peters</a></strong>. This event took place at the Minnesota Reading Association conference on November 8th, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (13 Nov 2008)",,,"sixon.jpg",408,249],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i4",[,"At the first performance of their Reader\'s Theater program, authors (l. to r.) <strong class=\"text8pt\"><a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_j/jonell.html\">Lynne Jonell</a></strong> (<em>Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls</em>), <strong><a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_c/coy.html\" class=\"text8pt\">John Coy</a></strong> (<em>Crackback, Box Out</em>), <strong><a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_l/larochel.html\" class=\"text8pt\">David LaRochelle</a> </strong>(<em>Absolutely, Positively Not</em>), and <strong><a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_c/casanova.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Mary Casanova</a></strong> (<em>Kliptish Code</em>, Dog Watch series), entertained teachers at the Minnesota Reading Association conference with scripts from each of their books. This four-voice reading troupe created unforgettable characters, including a rat and a detecting pack of dogs. (8 Nov 2008)",,,"ph_mrt.jpg",368],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i5",[,"The Northfield, Minnesota  mother-daughter book club  recently read <em>In Search of Mockingbird</em>. <a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_e/ellsworth.html\" class=\"text8pt\"><strong>Loretta  Ellsworth</strong></a> visited them and answered questions about her book. (29 Oct 2008)",,,"ph_lebkclb.jpg",346],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i6",[,"The Mother-Daughter  Book Club of Simsbury, CT read and discussed <a href=\"../aifolder/aipages/ai_d/dekeysr.html\" class=\"text8pt\">Stacy DeKeyser</a>\'s YA novel, <em>Jump  the Cracks</em>. Here, the daughters are absorbed in this month\'s read! (15 Oct 2008)",,,"ph_modau.jpg",298],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i7",[0,"Maggie Cords and Marcia Reardon discuss the Kerlan Collection, part of the Children\'s LIterature Research Collection, based at the University of Minnesota with intrigued visitors at the Minnesota Children\'s Authors and Illustrators Festival in Red Wing, Minnesota. Maggie and Marcia are avid children\'s books collectors, teachers, and members of the board of the Friends of the Kerlan Collection. (12 Oct 2008)",,,"ph_kerln.jpg"],[],"i5","i0");
sts_ai("i8",[,"At the Minnesota Children\'s Authors and Illustrators Festival at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, Minnesota, author and illustrator Rick Chrustwoski enthralled visitors with 15-minute lessons on doing what he does. With crayons and paper, children and adults worked diligently as they \"Learn to Draw with Rick Chrustwoski.\" Drawing brilliantly colored bugs, reptiles, and mammals, Rick showed how layering color makes drawings more realistic. Many people sat through more than one lesson. It was a spectacular day to spend outdoors with people and books. Thanks to Red Balloon Bookshop and the Anderson Center for inviting CLN to take part for its sixth year. (17 Sept 2008)",,,"ph_rick.jpg",289],[],"i7","i0");
sts_ai("i9",[,"Erik Brooks spent some time with day campers at A Book for All Seasons in Leavenworth, Washington, when they were working on mysteries and Edgar Allan Poe. Erik\'s mystery, <i>Octavius Bloom and the House of Doom</i>, was a big hit. These kids have on their very own Octavius disguises. (4 Sept 2008)",,,"ph_eb_leav.jpg"],[],"i5","i0");
sts_ai("i10",[,"Has a children\'s book author been present before signing books about the presidential candidate at the Democractic National Convention? Author and poet Nikki Grimes was present during this convention autographing copies of her book, <i>Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope</i> (illus by Bryan Collier, publ by Simon & Schuster). (2 Sept 2008)",,,"ph_ng_dnc.jpg"],[],"i5","i0");
sts_ai("i11",[,"At the national SCBWI conference in August, Sid Fleischman Humor Award winners paused for a photo: (l. to r.) Sara Pennypacker, David LaRochelle, and Lisa Yee. Oh, yes, and as David says, \"that gadabout Peepy had to slip into the picture as well.\" (26 Aug 2008)",,,"ph_dlrca.jpg",353],[],"i7","i0");
sts_ai("i12",[,"Illustrator Elizabeth O. Dulemba introduces us to her area of the Children\'s Book Illustrators Show, first exhibited as part of the Decatur Arts Festival in Georgia in May. Cosponsored by SCBWI Southern Breeze and the bookstore Little Shop of Stories, the exhibit will now travel all over the South for the next two years, thanks to the Southern Arts Federation. Be sure to take advantage of your opportunity to see the work of terrific book illustrators! (21 August 2008)",,,"ph_dulemba.jpg",313],[],"i7","i0");
sts_ai("i13",[,"One of Mary Casanova’s fans sees first-hand how many animals can fit into his own <i>One-Dog Canoe</i>. (5 August 2008)",,,"ph_1dogfan.jpg",321],[],"i7","i0");
sts_ai("i14",[,"Author and poet Nikki Grimes shared her new book, <i>Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope</i>, at a CLN Conversation on July 11th. Looking at the galley with illustrations by Bryan Collier, and listening to Nikki read out loud, members were able to ask questions about the way this book was created. Nikki also talked about book promotion, which participants found fascinating. Pictured, clockwise around the table starting in the lower right: Heather Bouwman, Laura Salas, Loretta Ellsworth, Jane Hoffman, Nikki Grimes, Faythe Thureen. (22 July 08)",,,"ph_ng0714.jpg",370],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i15",[,"Author Margo Sorenson visited North Dakota to talk with them about her book, <i>Tori and the Sleigh of Midnight Blue</i>, which is set in their state. This particular visit took place at a book-signing fund raiser for the Sons of Norway Lodge, in Maddock, North Dakota on July 5th! No wonder everyone is so red, white, and blue ... which are also the colors of the Norwegian flag. (17 July 08)",,,"ph_ms_nd.jpg",340],[],"i1","i0");
sts_ai("i16",[,"CLN members (from l. to r.) Joni Kreuser, John Coy, Wendy Behrens, and Charlie Leonard take part in a discussion of the themes in John Coy\'s latest novel, <i>Box Out</i> (Scholastic), in mid-June. John had many tales to regale the breakfast bunch about writing a novel with a sports theme. (23 June 2008)",,,"ph_coybo.jpg",372],[],"i1","i0");
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