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Reading & Signing Events Anna Maria's Gift Texas Library Association Conference Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas Signing in the Authors' Area Thursday, April 15, at 4:00 p.m Release Party Reading and Violin Playing Book People - 6th & Lamar Austin, Texas Saturday, May 1 at 1:00 p.m. (512) 472-5050 I, Vivaldi available also. To listen to the music our "Anna Maria" will play click here. Snider Plaza Party Logos Bookstore 6620 Snider Plaza Dallas, Texas Saturday, May 8 at 1:00 p.m. (214) 369-3275 I, Vivaldi available also. Book Signing & Violin Playing Barnes & Noble 2701 Parker Road Building A, Suite 700 Round Rock, Texas Saturday, June 5 from 2:00-4:00 p.m (512) 600-0114 I, Vivaldi available also. Book News Kids in Korea can now learn about the composer Antonio Vivaldi in the recently published Korean translation of I, Vivaldi. To see how it looks, go to the Shefelmans' blog and read the entry for February 10, 2010. Click here. I, Vivaldi received the 2009-10 Kids' Wings Award for excellence in children's literature. The selection committee called it "fresh and resounding with new ideas that, through history, will build character, inspire young readers and writers, and provide many curriculum connections." For more click here. I, Vivaldi has been chosen as an honor book for the 2009 Storytelling Awards. For more click here. 12,500 children from across America have chosen I, Vivaldi for the Children's Choices 2009 award given by the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council. For more click here.   The Triple Crown National Book Award Program announced   that I, Vivaldi is a nominee for the 2010 Children's Crown   Gallery Award. This program chooses an annual list of books.   Students read them and vote for their favorite.   Vote for Vivaldi, kids!   PEN USA announced that I, Vivaldi was a finalist for the 2009 Literary Award in Children's Literature for work that "represents the best in the Western United States." Sophie's War, a Civil War story set in Comfort, Texas, was recently used by a teacher there to connect her class to the history of their town. To read about "Sophie's Comfort" History Walk click here. |