Thursday, November 18, 2010

BIG News



I am jumping the queue in our regular posting schedule because I have some BIG NEWS!

My picture book, Benno and the Night of Broken Glass just made School Library Journal's Best Books 2010: Picture Books.

I had been thrilled with the starred review I got from SLJ. To be included on the list of Best Picture Books of 2010, with the likes of Mo Willems and David Weisner, is more than I could have hoped for.

I would never have gotten to this point if it weren't for my fellow Paper Waiters who brutally and honestly told me that my first version of this story stunk, but encouraged me to find the right voice. Thanks, PWers! I couldn't have done it without you.

13 comments:

  1. What an honor! We're all as excited as you are and happy to have played a part in Benno's creation.

    Goes to show you CAN deal with difficult subjects if you spend the time (years) to find an excellent and unusual way of telling a story.

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  2. Wow! Meg, that is quite an achievement. Super huge congrats to you!!! You must be flying :)

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  3. This is truly exciting! I am so very, very happy for you. And also think the honor is well deserved!

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  4. Mo and David are in good company! Congrats!

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  5. Thrilled for you, Meg! Very exciting. It is a beautiful book.

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  6. Yay, Meg! This honor is so very exciting-- and so very well deserved!
    I am so happy for you!!!

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  7. Congratulations!!! What a fantastic honor. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

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  8. Wow, congratulations! What an exciting honor!

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  9. Meg - heartfelt congrats! It's an amazing achievment. And it's been a privilege to watch Benno grow from a seed of an idea to this. May your star contiue to rise and rise and rise :)

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