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“...Aspects of the story are both poignant and palatable for young readers. Gene’s story is told in a marvelously authentic voice; delightful doodles accompany the text, which appears printed on faux-notebook paper. A great addition to middle-grade collections.”
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LATEST NEWS!
Great News! Dear Toni has WON the 2010 Silver Birch Express Award! Click here to join in the excitement. Dear Toni has also been nominated for a 2010/2011 Red Cedar Award in BC. Dear Toni has been selected by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre as Best Books for Kids and Teens. Dear Toni has recently been nominated for SYRCA’s Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Award). Check out the other nominated titles at www.willowawards.ca/ NEW!! Doodles, reading, music and more: Check out the Youtube video! Dear Toni has been selected for the Banks Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year - 2009 by the Children’s Book Committee. Their special 100th Anniversary Edition will be coming out in September 2009. I’m thrilled to have Dear Toni included! Link to Banks Street announcement Link to Tundra Books announcment Dear Toni has been nominated for a 2010 Hackmatack Award! --Atlantic Canada’s Children’s Choice Book Award — Click here to go to their site. BOOK REVIEWS
“Gene’s journal looks like a real notebook, complete with doodles, which adds to the novel’s winning authenticity.” —Copyright 2009 Horn Book Guide Reviews. "In the tradition of Ramona Quimby and Clementine, Dear Toni introduces another young spunky endearing character..." CM . . . . Volume XV Number 2 . . . . September 12, 2008 "...the most powerful theme is that of Gene's altruism...Sand-Eveland accomplishes this without letting Gene get cutesy or without brining in a parent to deliver the moral..." —Quill and Quire “… Girls, especially, will relate to the protagonist and feel as if they are reading personal notes from a close friend.—Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library School Library Journal “…includes hand-drawn doodles which really make the journal come alive.” Recommended to preteen girls. SMS Book Reviews “… Dear Toni is the kind of book people of all ages could read and thoroughly enjoy…We get a bird’s eye view into the life of an eleven year old, complete with the angst and the ecstasy of growing up…” —Joan Plaxton editor Valley Views |
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To arrange author visits please contact: Pamela Osti, Publicity Manager at Tundra Books |
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