Tuesday March 2nd, 2010

Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change wins a 2010 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary work for children!

On February 26, 2010, the NAACP Image Awards were announced. Our Children Can Soar was this year's winner in the category of "Outstanding Literary Work for Children". Congratulations are also in order for this year's other nominees

• “Child of the Civil Rights Movement” – Paula Young Shelton (Random House Children’s Books)
• “Negro Speaks of Rivers” – Langston Hughes (Author), E.B. Lewis (Illustrator) (Disney-Jump at the
Sun/Disney Book Group)
• “Peeny Butter Fudge” – Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison (Paula Wiseman Books/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
• “Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Toeshoe Trouble” – Whoopi Goldberg (Disney-Jump at the Sun/Disney Book Group)

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Coming Soon: A Place Where Hurricanes Happen

Natural and man-made disasters are becoming more commonplace in children's lives, and this touching
free-verse picture book provides a straightforward
account of Hurricane Katrina. In alternating voices, four friends describe their lives before, during, and after the storm and how, even though the world can change in a heartbeat, people define the character of their community and offer one another comfort and hope even in the
darkest hours. ISBN-10:0375856099

pubs: June 22, 2010 Read More

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Art that Helps

I've teamed with the Atlanta Printmaker's Studio and am donating a portion of the proceeds from my first original etched print "Butterfly Girl", to The American Red Cross' disaster relief efforts. The print measures 4 x 6" and is printed on 8 x 10" Rives BFK. It is an edition of 10 prints with 5 artist's proofs. All prints are signed and numbered.

As always, you can find prints from my books and some personal work in my shop via my web site or directly at www.shadrieka.etsy.com. Read More

Thank you!!

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