![]() ![]() Additionally, she "visited" over a dozen blogs as part of a blog tour. Hawkins (seen here at Hutchinson School in Memphis) visited bookstores and schools throughout the Midwest, stopping in Jackson, Miss., Decatur, Ga., Memphis, Wichita, Chicago, and Oxford, Miss. The winners will be announced on March 23 during the Bologna Children's Book Fair.Īuthor Rachel Hawkins spent the first half of March touring-in person and online-for her debut novel, Hex Hall (Disney-Hyperion, Mar.), about a girl sent to a boarding school for witches, faeries, shapeshifters, and the odd vampire. ![]() The illustrator shortlist consists of: Jutta Bauer of Germany, Carll Cneut of Belgium, Etienne Delessert of Switzerland, Svjetlan Junakovic of Croatia, and Roger Mello of Brazil. The prestigious biennial awards honors "a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made lasting contributions to children's literature." The shortlisted authors are: Ahmad Reza Ahmadi of Iran, David Almond of the U.K., Bartolomeu Campos de Queiros of Brazil, Lennart Hellsing of Sweden, and Louis Jensen of Denmark. ![]() The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the shortlist for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. ![]()
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