Reading & Signing Events     Please join us in celebrating     our anniversary and the launch of our first book for grownups     Honeymoon Hobos     A Journey Around a World that Once Was     Sunday 18 September, 2:00 p.m.     Book People, 6th & Lamar, Austin, Texas     No gifts and no obligation.     Just come and see friends, have cake and champagne     and enjoy the party.     Miss the party? Nevermind, you can read all about it on our blog     entry for September 23, 2011. Click here.      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.