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January 30, 2013

Newbery Award 2013

Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the

Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all.

Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line.

Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home—and his own art—through new eyes. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it's up to Ivan to make it a change for the better.

August 10, 2012

Fierce, Fearless and Free.

Stand Up for Girls with LitWorld

and Take Action for Every Girl's Right to a Quality Education on 10.11.12, the International Day of the Girl

523 million girls and women worldwide cannot read or write.

Let us stand together to champion the right of all girls to be

Fierce, Fearless and Free.
LitWorld, an organization working towards achieving global literacy, has launched the Stand Up for Girls campaign to advocate for every girl's right to a quality education. Our entire civilization is at stake when girls’ lives are fragile because they are prevented from accessing the right to read and write. All girls must be able to vote with their names, read their medicine bottles, farm their land, ride a subway and go to college. Stand Up for Girls speaks to these issues and gives us all a chance, young and old, to show our daughters and the sisters of our hearts that we have not forgotten, that we want the world to be safe, fair and full of hope for all of them.

Visit litworld.org and pledge your commitment to take action and create positive change for women and girls worldwide, and to learn how to participate in LitWorld’s Photo Contest, plan your own Stand Up for Girls Event, become a Stand Up for Girls Champion, and more. Tell 10 people you know about Stand Up for Girls to help spread the world as far as possible. Ask your 10 to Tell 10 more people and together, let’s shout from the rooftops that every girl has the right to be fierce, fearless and free.

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February 27, 2012

OMS Academy Book Awards

2012 OMS Reading Academy Award Winners

1. Best Female Character in a Leading Role – Bella, Twilight

2. Best Male Character in a Leading Role – Greg, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

3. Best Female Character in a Supporting Role – Hermione, Harry Potter

4. Best Male Character in a Supporting Role – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter

5. Best Author – Peg Kehret

6. Best Book Cover – Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Kinney

7. Best Realistic Fiction – Hatchet, Paulsen

8. Best Historical Fiction – The Boy in Striped Pajamas, Boyne

9. Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Dystopia – Lightning Thief, Riordan

10. Best Poetry – Where the Sidewalk Ends, Silverstein

11. Best Nonfiction/Biography – Diary of Anne Frank, Frank

12. Best Graphic Novel – Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Kinney

13. Best Mystery – Abduction, Kehret

14. Best Horror – Goosebumps, Stine

15. Best Sports – Boost, Mackel

16. Best Romance – Twilight, Meyer

17. Best Animal Book – Cracker, Kadohata

18. Best Series – Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Kinney

January 17, 2011