It started out as a dreary day, on Salt Spring, with snow covering the fields. Not what I want to see now that the bulbs are several inches high already. But this afternoon it turned into a glorious day when the mail arrived: I received a silver medal and certificate from the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. A Silver Medal for environmental issues for IN MY BACKYARD (Tundra Books, illustrated by Ron Broda).
I love what Ron did with the art for this book: he made amazing 3D paper sculptures. Children can read about every day critters that can be encountered in any backyard, including urban settings. In each illustration you can spot a ladybug. But Ron has also added a prediction element: in each illustration is a glimpse of the animal featured on the next page. Can you guess which animal it is?
CM magazine said "Ruurs’ new book reflects her admirable desire to help children learn to appreciate the majesty of their natural surrounds. Her love of nature is evident in many of her books for children, and that is also the case here".
I'm glad the Moonbeam Awards agreed and gave it a silver medal!
2 comments:
Congratulations - that's fantastic news.
I was just dropping by to say that we are passing on our Butterfly Award to you for your blog - so heaps of congratulations!
http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/butterfly-award/
Hooray for you, Margriet! And congrats on the Butterfly Award for your site, too!
Spring WILL come--soon, I hope!
Jane Heitman Healy
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