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Lupine Award

Reading Round-Up 2014

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This past Thursday, several staff members of the Gardiner Public Library attended the 25thReading Round-Up Conference in Augusta.  This wonderful event highlights books that have been published in the past year as well as bringing together librarians from all over the state to share new ideas, and exchange information from their respective libraries.
One of the highlights is the announcement of the winners of the Lupine Award.  This award “honors a living author or illustrator who is a resident of Maine, or who has created a work whose focus is Maine, as shown through the work’s characterization, plot, or setting.”
This year’s winners include Kimberly Ridley and Rebekah Raye for The Secret Pool and Maria Padian for Out of Nowhere.
Honor books by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet for Brave Girl: Clara and the ShirtwaistMakers’ Strike of 1909 and Megan Frazer Blakemore for The Water Castlewere also announced.
The Gardiner Public Library has copies of these titles & welcomes you to come in and enjoy these and many other “winning” titles.
Charlene Wagner, Children’s Librarian

Children’s Room isn’t for children any more!

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This is for those adults who do not adventure up into the children’s room, thinking there is nothing there for them. Do I have an author for you!

Phillip Hoose is an amazing children’s writer who lives in Portland, Maine. He has a list of books that he have been published and one that stands out in the library world is The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (2004). This book received the Lupine Award, an award given to an outstanding children’s book with a Maine connection.

Phillip Hoose has a new book coming out in July 2012 that explores another story about a bird referred to as the Moonbird. B95 is a shorebird that was banded in 1995. This bird has flown the distance to the moon and halfway back during its astoundingly long lifetime of nearly 20 years – hence its name. “Meticulously researched and told with inspiring prose and stirring images, this is a gripping, triumphant story of science and survival,” says the Kirkus Review. The book includes photographs, source notes, bibliography and an index.

We anxiously await the arrival of Phillip Hoose’s book. Check his books online and reserve a copy or come into the library. We’d love to see you.

Book jacket illustrations found at Google Images.