Tag: too young to escape

Yellow Cedar Award

Too Young To Escape published by Pajama Press won the inaugural Yellow Cedar award last year. This is the newest Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading readers’ choice award, where the kids do the voting. Usually the award itself is framed student artwork and is presented on stage with all the nominees on the stage. Last year it was all done virtually. Isn’t it awesome that we’re on the verge of doing this sort of thing in person again? Thanks,Meredith Gilbert Tutching for your dedication and flexibility in daunting times!

Two awards in one week!

My favourite awards are readers’ choice awards because it means actual kids are enjoying one’s books. This was a humbling week when Too Young to Escape won TWO of these awards, voted by the kids themselves. The Red Cedar is an BC information book award. Here’s a video about my wonderful fellow nominees’ books.

The Yellow Cedar Award is part of the Ontario Library Association’s hugely popular Forest of Reading program. This is the first year for the Yellow Cedar and it combines two previous awards: the Silver Birch for non-fiction and the Red Maple for non-fiction. Watch the award ceremony here.

Brantford Book Launch! Too Young to Escape!

Hope you can join me and Van at the Brantford Public Library at 2:30 on December 1, 2018!

 

You are cordially invited to the book launch of Too Young to Escape: A Vietnamese Girl Waits to be Reunited With Her Family

When: Saturday, December 1, 2018, 2:30

Where: Brantford Public Library, 173 Colborne Street, Brantford ON N3T 2G8

Authors Marsha Skrypuch and Van Ho will do a brief reading and talk about this true story about 4-year-old Van, who had to be left behind when her mother, brother and sisters escaped by boat after the Vietnam war.

Book signing and sales to follow. Book cost is $18.95 + GST = $19.95

Hosted by the Brantford Public Library