Granny McFanny

The fun-loving, irrespressible Granny McFanny is off on a grand adventure to Bologna, Italy! The 46th annual exhibition will be held March 23-26. It is the most important international event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry. In Bologna, authors, illustrators, literary agents, TV & film producers, licensors and licensees, packagers, distributors, printers, booksellers, and librarians meet to review new children’s books, trends, and to find the “next big thing.” Exhibitors hail from 69 different countries, and the attendees are strictly limited to trade professionals. We’re sure Granny (who is a finalist for the Foreword magazine’s Book of the Year award) will make plenty of new friends!

posted by Krissy Hawkins

Congratulations and good wishes to Lewis Kimberly and Jorge Betancourt Polanco — their book has been named a FINALIST in the ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year awards.

The competition was established to bring increased attention to librarians and booksellers of the literary and graphic achievements of independent publishers and their authors. ForeWord is the only review trade journal devoted exclusively to books from independent houses.

Lewis is the author and Jorge the illustrator of Granny McFanny. Granny recently received two silver medals from the Mom’s Choice awards, one for humor and another for illustration.

The prestigious ForeWord awards process brings readers, librarians, and booksellers together to select their top categories as well as choose the winning titles. Their decisions are based on editorial excellence, professional production, originality of the narrative, author credentials relative to the book, and the value the book adds to its genre.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners, as well as Editor’s Choice Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction will be announced at a special program at BookExpo America at the Javits Center in New York City on May 29. The winners of the two Editor’s Choice Prizes will be awarded $1,500 each.

Keeping our fingers crossed!