Interview with Nanette Heffernan
Northern Dawn Awards had the pleasure of chatting with Nanette Heffernan last month. Her book, Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet , won in the Holiday/Notable Days Category in the Northern Lights Book Awards for 2020. Earth Hour : A Lights-Out Event for Our...
Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet Book Review
Imagine it is 8:30 in the evening. You’re driving over the Golden Gate Bridge admiring the bright lights when suddenly it goes completely dark. You might reasonably think San Francisco is experiencing a power outage, but if it’s a Saturday sometime around the equinox,...
Venus Remembered
Winner of the Time-Honored Category Venus Remembered Author: Ray Bradbury and Jason J. Marchi Publisher: Fahrenheit Books Ray Bradbury is classic. Jason J. Marchi is ingenious. Together, they’re genius. In 1954, Fantasy and Science Fiction magazine published...
A Story About Afiya – Picture Book of the Year
Picture Book of the Year Author: James Berry Illustrator: Anna Cunha Lantana Publishing Have you ever loved a book so much you wanted to press it against your heart when you finished reading it? Or perhaps you have had the good fortune of seeing a child cradle...
Girl of the Southern Sea
Northern Lights Book Awards Girl of the Southern Sea Winner of the Pre-Teen Cultural Category Author: Michelle Kadarusman Pajama Press Living in the slums of Jakarta, Indonesia is never easy. However, when Nia’s mother passes away during childbirth, things are about...
Marielle in Paris-Winner of the Picture Book-All Ages category
Northern Lights Book Awards Winner of the Picture Book-All Ages category Marielle in Paris Author: Maxine Rose Schur Illustrator: Jeanne B. De Sainte Marie Pomegranate Oh la-la … get ready to soar through fashionable Paris (no passport needed) in this breathtaking...
Harvey Comes Home-Winner of the Pre-Teen Fiction Category!
Northern Lights Book Awards Harvey Comes Home Winner of the Pre-Teen Fiction Category Author: Colleen Nelson Pajama Press Rare is the middle-school novel that adults would care to read more than once. Harvey Comes Home is the exception to that rule. It’s a book to be...
Nipper and the Lunchbox-A Winner of the Animals/Pets category
Northern Lights Book Awards Nipper and the Lunchbox Winner of the Animals/Pets category Author/Illustrator: Lucy Dillamore Child's Play Sleeping, snoring, snoozing, dozing, and dreaming. Nipper loves living a dog’s life. Most of all, he loves his owner and best...
Save the Day for Ada May! Winner of the Picture Book Preschool Category
Northern Lights Book Awards Save the Day for Ada May! Winner of the Picture Book Preschool Category Author: Elizabeth Dale Illustrator: Patrick Corrigan Willow Tree Books Wow! Talk about a roller coaster of a story, where your child becomes the hero in Save the Day...
The Story I’ll Tell -Winner of the Picture Book 4-8 Category!
Northern Lights Book Awards The Story I’ll Tell Winner of the Picture Book 4-8 Category Author: Nancy Tupper Ling Illustrator: Jessica Lanan Lee & Low Books Be forewarned! Nancy Tupper Ling’s writing in The Story I’ll Tell is so beautifully rendered, that we are...