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Mary Alice Monroe has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the South Carolina Center for the Book Award for Writing. (formerly known as the Palmetto Book Award)
The South Carolina Center for the Book is the South Carolina affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book and is a cooperative project of the of South Carolina State Library, the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, and The Humanities Council.
Monroe's books will be featured by the South Carolina booth at the National Book Festival 2008.
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TIME IS A RIVER is a USA TODAY SUMMER 2008 PICK
TIME IS A RIVER is an IndieBound JULY PICK
(formerly Book Sense)
TIME IS A RIVER is a Woman's Day Book Pick
TIME IS A RIVER is a Brilliance Audio July Pick
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TURTLE SUMMER; A Journal for my Daughter is the winner of the ASPCA® Henry Bergh Children's Book Award.
The award will be presented to Mary Alice Monroe at an award ceremony and cocktail reception during the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, C.A. The ceremony is on Monday, June 30, 2008
The ASPCA has also selected TURTLE SUMMER as a Henry's Book Club selection for August 2008.
TURTLE SUMMER is a Children's Book Council, Children's Choices list selection for 2008.
More achievements for TURTLE SUMMER; A Journal for my Daughter...
- Science Books & Films 2008 Excellent Science Book Prize finalist
- Short-list finalist for the Green Earth Book Award 2008
- Finalist for the 2009-2010 master list for the William Allen White Children's Book Award
- Reviewed by School Library Journal, Southern Living, The Island Packet, The Midwest Book Review, Science Books and Films, Charleston Magazine, The Post & Courier, Armchair Interviews, CLCD, Children's Book Reviews, Cats Meow, Wee Ones Children's Magazine, The Horn Book Guide
- Nationally syndicated reviewer, Kendal Rautzhan selected two books for Earth Day that teach young children about the environment.: Al Gore's AN INCOVENIENT TRUTH and Mary Alice Monroe's TURTLE SUMMER.
- TURTLE SUMMER: A Journal for my Daughter is selected by Kiawah Resorts for the "Kiawah Reads" Summer program.