Velma was nominated for Monarch Award which is the Illinois’ K-3 readers choice award. How appropriate!! With Velma’s love of Monarch butterflies this is the most perfect fit. I hope this nomination metamorphosizes into an award for Velma.
Posts from ‘November, 2009’
Video conversation with California 1st graders
Last week I really had a lot of fun doing a videoconference for the California Young Reader Medal as part of their meet the author series. I sat in a room alone … staring at a blank screen… ‘way sad’. But then several classrooms of children appeared from all over California. We discussed Velma. The [...]
