Colorado author/artist Ravay Snow wins national and state awards for her children's picture book, "Hildegarde and the Great Green Shirt Factory." Honors include an EVVY award for Best Children's Book of 2004 from the Colorado Independent Publishers' Association and a Benjamin Franklin Award for Best First Children's Book.
(PRWEB) July 9, 2004 -- Hildegarde and the Great Green Shirt Factory, a childrens story about a sheep who bucks the assembly-line system to create her own fashions, is getting real-life recognition around the country. The colorful picture book, Snowbound Press debut offering by Colorado author/illustrator/publisher Ravay Snow, earned two prestigious awards in June. It was selected as Best Childrens Picture Book of 2004 by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association and was announced as a Benjamin Franklin finalist for Best First Childrens Book by the Publishers' Marketing Association.
Hildegarde and the Great Green Shirt Factory spins the tale of a sheep whose creativity is frustrated in her job at a factory where every green shirt is supposed to be identical to every other green shirt. Reviewers have called the title mind-bending," amazing," wacky," and subversive." In addition to the Colorado award and the Benjamin Franklin award, the book won first prize in the Writers Notes magazine contest for childrens books in 2004.
Snow is happy about the titles success. Its exciting that other publishers and editors have recognized and rewarded the books quality. But its even better that young people love it – and that theyre getting excited about reading because of it!" Snow, a former writing teacher with a Ph.D. in education, spent a decade working on education policy before starting her own publishing company with her brother, a DreamWorks story artist. Their goal? To create beautiful, well-written picture books for young people.
Snow's summer is already booked up, with appearances at regional bookstores, libraries and community centers, including a children's book and craft event at Denver's Tattered Cover Bookstore on August 14.
The Benjamin Franklin Awards are among the most prestigious of small press awards, indicating excellence in overall editorial and design as judged by book industry professionals, including acquisition librarians, bookstore buyers, wholesalers, reviewers, editors, designers, and artists. More than 1600 titles were entered for consideration in the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Awards.
The book is available at bookstores everywhere through Quality Books, Inc. and Baker and Taylor and to the public directly at www.snowboundpress.com and amazon.com. For more information, including reviews, press releases and future projects, please access www.snowboundpress.com
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