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Newbery – When You Reach Me  by Rebecca Stead

Caldecott – The Lion and the Mouse  by Jerry Pinkney

Printz – Going Bovine by Libba Bray

YALSA Nonfiction – Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman

Sibert – Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone

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BARBARA ANN PORTE

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Author: P.O. Box 16627, Arlington, VA 22215; 703-892-0029 (no answering equipment, call after 4 pm, evenings)
Books: Something Terrible Happened; Hearsay: Strange Tales From the Middle Kingdom; Tale of a Tadpole; Harry's Pony (and six other Books in the beginning to read Harry series); Chickens! Chickens!; Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee; Black Elephant with a Brown Ear in Alabama (illustrated by Bill Traylor); Ruthann and Her Pig et al (25 in all). Books range from picture books, to chapter books, to YA novels, and adult stories.
Fee: Negotiable, usually starts at $350.
Availability: All ages; Preschool-adult
Features: Children's librarian for 20 years; professional storyteller, have told stories, presented programs, lectured, taught writing in schools, museums, libraries, universities. Book awards include ALA Notables, YA Best Books of the Year citation, American Bookseller Picks of the Lists, Parents and Learning Magazines best books, etc.

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