Congrats to the other 17!
Thank you all!
Showing posts with label best of 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best of 2018. Show all posts
Saturday, December 29, 2018
"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" on Nerdy Book Club list of best nonfiction picture books of 2018
Congrats to the other 17!
Thank you all!
Friday, December 28, 2018
"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" on Fuse #8 list of favorite nonfiction picture books of 2018
Congrats to the other kidlit creators who made any of these 31 lists!
Thank you, Betsy!
Friday, December 21, 2018
"Thirty Minutes Over Oregon" on list of Top 20 Books of 2018
And not just any list…the list jointly compiled/posted by Mr. Schu (John Schumacher, the Ambassador of School Libraries for Scholastic) and Travis Jonker of School Library Journal's 100 Scope Notes.
(John called it a story "everyone should know." Travis also included it on his list of 10 books he did not review but loves. Note how a third influencer, Betsy Bird, kindly echoed that thought.)
With both lists, I'm humbled and honored to be among such talent. Congrats to all whose work is being recognized.
The journey to get Thirty Minutes Over Oregon published did not come close to the stakes of the journey of the star of the book, World War II pilot Nobuo Fujita…but it does make me especially thrilled that it happened. Because it almost didn't, a lot.
This book was rejected almost 50 times over seven years.
With both lists, I'm humbled and honored to be among such talent. Congrats to all whose work is being recognized.
The journey to get Thirty Minutes Over Oregon published did not come close to the stakes of the journey of the star of the book, World War II pilot Nobuo Fujita…but it does make me especially thrilled that it happened. Because it almost didn't, a lot.
This book was rejected almost 50 times over seven years.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Top five nonfiction picture books of the year
Seventy-seven years ago today, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, bringing America into World War II. Less a year later, the Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita bombed Oregon twice in three weeks.
This week, educator Colby Sharp kindly included my book about that incident, Thirty Minutes Over Oregon, on his list of the year's top five nonfiction picture books. (He also did a lovely book talk on it a few months ago.)
This week, educator Colby Sharp kindly included my book about that incident, Thirty Minutes Over Oregon, on his list of the year's top five nonfiction picture books. (He also did a lovely book talk on it a few months ago.)
Thank you again, Colby, and thank you to readers who have taken a chance on Nobuo's story. Congrats to the other books being recognized!
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