Who cares about the Oscars, the Northeast Minnesota Book Awards are the BIG time! Susan Larson-Kidd and I are thrilled to announce that our book, But That Is Not Me!, has been named a finalist in the children’s book category. Susan and I would both like to thank Sparky Stensaas who was our book designer.
In our beginning reader’s book, Harry the Hairy Woodpecker flies around the northern forest visiting his sky friends. All the photographs in the book are my own.
This afternoon I found this Great Gray Owl hunting near Lake Superior. It is the same bird I rescued from being mobbed by crows this morning. Eleven hours later, the crows were at it again. If it were up to this owl, we would be named winners for certain, but we will not learn till late May if the book has won.
Thank you everyone for your positive comments and especially, to you Rich for saving the owls and caring enough to do so! That is why your bird photos speak more eloquently than any words. If we don’t win, it is okay because I think we both feel like we have won more than we imagined with the book already!
Congratulations, Richard and Susan! Best of luck.
Thanks, Bonnie and John. I have found that creating the book including its “Birding With Children” accompany web content to have been very rewarding. Helping out the next generation both learn how to read, and identify birds is special. Better yet, right now we are awaiting the arrival of a new grandchild, number 5! Thus, I have incentive to keep this particular ball rolling.
Congratulations on your nomination Richard. That is a wonderful honor in itself.
Congrats! Greatly deserved. Your owl pics are stunning. Well, they all are but there is just something so intreaging about those owls.