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April 2008 SWIMMING LESSONS is available in trade paperback.
May 2008 THE BOOK CLUB re-released in trade paperback
July 2008 TIME IS A RIVER original release in hard cover
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
TURTLE SUMMER is a Children's Book Council, Children's Choices list selection for 2008.
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Turtle Summer has been nominated for the 2009-2010 master list for the William Allen White Children's Book Award _____________________________________________________________________
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.
- SWIMMING LESSONS was selected by Borders Books for May's Atlanta & Company Bookclub. See the interview at: http://www.atlantaandcompany.com/article.aspx?storyid=97539
- Mary Alice Monroe's novel, SWIMMING LESSONS is on the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance list
RED Magazine (in the UK) featured Monroe's THE SECRETS WE KEEP in their bookclub section. TSWK is the UK title for SWEETGRASS.
SWEETGRASS is a finalist for RWA's prestigious RITA Award.
SWEETGRASS is nominated for the Reviewers International Organization's award for Best Mainstream Book 2006.