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Barbara Bush, mother of the President, reading Little Beaver and the Echo to children at the Maine Medical Center.

A CD Little Beaver,
a German Nasty...and More

This spring Candlewick released a hardcover and CD version of Little Beaver and the Echo. The book is read on CD by Jane Horrocks (of Ab Fab fame!). It's accompanied by music and sing/dance/play-along story-based activities.

No More Nasty has been published in German as Nie Wieder Fies. It was fun working with the translator on how to say, "How does your corporosity seem to gashiate?" in German!

And last but not least: Quentin Fenton Herter III will soon be available in Japanese! I can't even begin to understand how they will translate all those rhymes!

Please, Malese! Wins Oppenheim Award

Please, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio's highest award, the Platinum, for 2002. This consumer organization reads thousands of books to select the best books for children. Winners are featured on the Today Show.

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Created on ... March 17, 2004

* LITTLE BEAVER CHOSEN FOR LITERACY PROGRAM *

August, 2002--Amy helped dozens of Read With ME volunteers, including then-Governor Angus King and First Lady Mary Herman (at left), stuff 18,000 bags with two new books, to be given to every kindergarten student in the state of Maine last year. One of those books was Little Beaver and the Echo!

Read With ME is a literacy program designed to get books into the hands of every child in Maine before they enter school. It is sponsored by Verizon, the Department of Education, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance.