THE ONTARIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION’S

BLUE SPRUCE NOMINEES ARE….

I couldn’t be more thrilled and honoured to have WILLOW FINDS A WAY amongst the list of terrific books nominated for the 2014 Blue Spruce Awards! I’m counting the days until I get to meet all of these terrific authors and illustrators!

Here’s the official list:

A Good Trade by Alma Fullerton & Karen Patkau

I Dare You Not to Yawn by Hélène Boudreau& Serge Bloch

If You Hold a Seed by Elly MacKay

In the Tree House by Andrew Larsen & Dusan Petricic

Mr. Zinger’s Hat by Cary Fagan & Dusan Petricic

Oddrey by Dave Whamond

Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds

This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe by Wallace Edwards

Willow Finds a Way by Lana Button & Tania Howells

Willow Finds a Way

2014 Blue Spruce Nominee

2012 Publisher’s Weekly’s Selected Listing for Bullying Resources

Willow is thrilled the whole class — including her! — is invited to classmate Kristabelle’s fantastic birthday party, until the bossy birthday girl starts crossing guests off the list when they dare cross her. There are many books on bullying, but Willow’s story offers a unique look at how to handle the situation as a bystander.

Purchase:

Chapters, Indigo http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/willow-finds-a-way/9781554538423-item.html

Amazon.ca http://www.amazon.ca/Willow-Finds-Way-Lana-Button/dp/1554538424

Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Willow-Finds-Way-Lana-Button/product-reviews/1554538424

Praise for Willow Finds a Way

The Globe and Mail “It’s easy to forget that my kids think their problems are as massive as I think my own are. Button never does. To her enormous credit, she’s written a book that speaks directly to their experience.”