Volume 7- Issue 4, April 2007
Published by
Llumina Press
“Celebrating youthful
curiosity, discovery and learning through books and reading.”
Announcing the call for
entries into the second annual Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
www.MoonbeamAwards.com,
designed to honor the year's best children’s books, authors and illustrators.
The new book awards program is accepting entries until August 16th, 2008 for
books with 2007 or 2008 copyrights or that were released in 2007 or 2008, and is
open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in
English and intended for the North American market.
Presented by Jenkins Group
and IndependentPublisher.com, the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are intended
to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators,
and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. Awards will be given in
30 categories covering the full range of subjects, styles and age groups that
children’s books are written and published in today.
“The inaugural Moonbeam
Awards were a huge success,” says Jim Barnes, Awards Director at Jenkins Group.
“We had a great turnout of support from the children’s book publishing
community, and we’re going to make this year’s awards even better. Last year we
recognized a wonderfully diverse group of authors and publishers, from
first-timers to seasoned veterans, and the award-winners make up an amazing
‘must-read’ list of books for kids.”
Jenkins Group has been
involved in book packaging, marketing and distribution since 1988, and many of
its founders and employees now have children and grandchildren who strongly
influence the company culture with their youthful exuberance and love of books.
“We all have kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews, and we all recognize the role
books play in enriching children’s lives,” says company founder Jerrold Jenkins,
father of four children ranging from ages 5 to 15. “As our society has gotten
more complex and growing up has become more complicated, children’s book authors
and publishers have risen to the occasion, creating books that not only
celebrate the joys of childhood, but also help families deal with its
challenges. We want to recognize and reward the best of these books and bring
them to the attention of parents, booksellers, librarians – and to the kids
themselves.”
Click here to enter online:
http://www.moonbeamawards.com/entry.php
To learn more about the
Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards visit
www.MoonbeamAwards.com