Sentences with phrase «odyssey award committee»
Members of the 2014 Odyssey Award Committee are: Chair Ellen Rix Spring, RSU # 13 School District, Rockland, Maine; Catherine M. Andronik, Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk, Conn.; Jane H. Claes, University of Houston, Clearlake, Texas; Dr. Eliza T. Dresang, University of Washington Information School, Seattle; Susan Fichtelberg, Public Library of Woodbridge, N.J.; Walter M. Mayes, Girls» Middle School, Palo Alto, Calif.; Hayley Elece McEwing, Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio; Maryann H. Owen, Children's Literature Specialist, Mount Pleasant, Wis.; Tracy Reid Sumler, Loudoun County (Va.) Public Library; and Rebecca Vnuk, Booklist Consultant, Chicago.
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said Odyssey Award Committee Chair Lynn Piper Carpenter.
«Entwistle effectively captures the emotions of Ada, Jamie and reclusive Susan in this powerful story filled with quiet moments, intense feelings and the struggle for self - acceptance and love,» said Odyssey Award Committee Chair Cindy Lombardo.
A former chair of ALA's Notable Children's Recordings Committee and a member of the first - ever Odyssey Award Committee, she is an avid audiobook listener when she isn't reading, gardening, or folk dancing.
She served on YALSA's Amazing Audiobooks Committee and chaired the 2009 Odyssey Award Committee, all of which has led to her inability to cook, drive, iron or walk without an audiobook playing in her ear.
Roxanne was also a member of 2008 - 2009 Notable Books for Children, 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults, and the 2017 Odyssey Award Committees.
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She has been a jury member for the B.C. Book Prize, and sat on committees for the Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids and the American Library Association's Odyssey Award.