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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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SHARON SALLUZZO

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Storyteller: 211 Royal View, Pittsford, NY 14534; 585-398-7349, Fax: 585-924-3991,
E-mail:
Mssalluzzo@aol.com
Bio: Sharon is a member of the Genesee Storytellers in Rochester, NY. She played an active role in the revitalization of storytelling in that community through her involvement in the University of Rochester Storytelling Conference. She has participated in the National Year of Reading in Northern Ireland and was a guest storyteller at the Tullycarnet Library (Belfast, N. Ireland) in 2006. She performed at the DC Public Library in a Hans Christian Andersen program co-sponsored by the Royal Danish Embassy. While living in the Washington, DC area Sharon was the Storyteller-In-Residence at the Harbor School in Maryland and Green Hedges School in Virginia.
Fee: $200 for one 45 minute program; $500 for full day in school (up to 5 performances). Expenses for out of town engagements.
Availability: Preschool through adults; at schools, libraries, museums, parks, reading festivals, churches, clubs, senior centers, and other appropriate sites.
Features: Performances are customized for each audience. With a rich repertoire of folk and fairy tales from around the world, Sharon can design a specific program for your needs. Her repertory includes:
  • Foolish and Clever Folk (Lazy Jack and The Farmer's Clever Daughter)
  • Holiday Programs (Halloween - The Ghost and the Graveyard; Prince Alun and the Canwyl Corph; Christmas - Baboushka, The Gingerbread Boy)
  • Winter Tales (The Snow Maiden; Granny Glittens and Her Amazing Mittens)
  • Tall Tales (Old Dry Frye; Jim Meets the Bear)
  • Tales for Peace (Not Our Problem; The War of the Animals Against the Birds)
  • Sixteenth Century Age of Exploration (Salt; The Search for the Magic Lake)

  • Sharon offers the following workshops:
    • For adults and children
      • Storytelling Techniques
      • Creating a Fable
    • For adults
      • Storytelling in the Classroom
      • Resources for Storytelling

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