My books have won some recent awards and recognitions!
The Glaciers are Melting! is a USA "Best Books 2011" Awards Finalist, Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction.
The Long and the Short of It: A Tale About Hair is a USA "Best Books 2011" Awards Finalist, Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction
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A 2011 Gold Mom's Choice Award winner!
Astro: The Steller Sea Lion is a 2011 Gold Mom's Choice Award winner.
Time flies and it feels like life's a whirlwind!
I had the wonderful experience of presenting at March Into Reading again this year. Three elementary schools in Portsmouth, RI, and a presentation at Salve Regina University in their auditorium.
During the spring I illustrated my third ACS book, The Long and the Short of It: A Tale About Hair. This will be released in December and is already available on Amazon for pre-order.
Let My Colors Out won its fourth award, National Indie Excellence Awards Program, Finalist Children's Nonfiction 2010.
Astro The Steller Sea Lion was released.
And I'm finishing up the art for my second Sylvan Dell book, The Glaciers are Melting! (spring 2011)
Courtney passed this information onto me this morning regarding our book, Let My Colors Out. When I checked the website I saw both of my ACS books were winners!
Released October 20, 2009: "Let My Colors Out" is named Award-Winning Finalist in the Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
Written by Courtney Filigenzi, illustrated by Shennen Bersani. American Cancer Society, 2009.
"Nana, What's Cancer?" is named award-Winning Finalist in the Children's Non-Fiction category of the National Best Books 2009 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
Written by Beverlye Hyman Fead and Tessa Mae Hamermesh, illustrated by Shennen Bersani. American Cancer Society, 2009.
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