Kathy Mallat - Children's Book Author News


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Papa Pride Published April 2005		The Latest News about Kathy Mallat and her children's books.		Mama Love Published March 2004
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October 27, 2007 Kathy is featured as a major speaker, filling in at the last minute, at the Keene State College Children's Literature Festival. Click the Festival Logo to visit their site.
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July 29, 2005 Kathy is featured in an article in her home town newspaper, Foster's Daily Democrat and the Sanford (Maine) News. Click the photo to read quotes and the article. *Liz Goulet Dubois view of the event on her blog,* *click here*.				Kathy in Her Studio
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May 22, 2005 Papa Pride is in bookstores in time for Father's Day. "A fine celebration of family life." Booklist The FREE Papa Pride bookmarks are ready for you to print. Get them online here. Just click the bookmark image to open the printable sheet.				Free Bookmarks
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November 4, 2004 Oh, Brother. . .Oh Boy... *Oh, Brother* is a The Missouri Reading Circle selection. This recommended reading list is a service for Missouri educators by the Reading Circle Committee of the Missouri State Teachers Association. It is the committee's intent that this reading list publication will assist in ordering books for school and classroom libraries, for use in encouraging summer reading programs, as a help to parents looking for good reading suggestions, and as a source of information for teachers planning their literature programs.				Selected in Missouri
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November 1, 2004 Just Ducky has been nominated for the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award. The Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, administered by the Children's Services Round Table of MLA, is presented annually to the author and illustrator of the picture book voted most popular by preschool children in Missouri's public libraries.				Nominated
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May 3, 2004 Reno, Nevada IRA The International Reading Association Convention Kathy is a hit as a breakfast speaker and then the lines form for book signing. See more about it.
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April 12, 2004 Announcement: Oh, Brother. . .Oh Boy... *Oh, Brother* will be published in Korean in Korea in Fall 2005.
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March 30, 2004 Kathy visited the Hancock Elementary School and they made a web page of her visit that was online the month she was there.				The Visit
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"A wonderful choice for story times." School Library Journal March 20, 2004 The FREE Mama Love bookmarks are ready for you to print. Get them online here. Just click the bookmark image to open the printable sheet.				Free Bookmarks
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March 10, 2004 Oh, Brother. . . has been selected for "A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy from 2003". "A simple soft stuffed animal feel making dramatic play with children's own toys a natural extension activity." This list is sponsored by The Pennsylvania Center for the Book at Penn State University. The center sends out a press release to the national media as well as distributes bookmarks of the titles throughout Pennsylvania.				Click Baby bunny to open the Baker's Dozen review page. The Pennsylvania Center for the Book
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February 19, 2004 Kathy is busy working on her next book. Look for it with its wolf characters coming on . . . Father's Day (June 19) 2005 from Walker & Company.				Sketches of Work in Progess
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January 14, 2004 Kathy Mallat and Meghan Mallat are readers of Kathy's books for the Portland Maine Community Television Network Books 4 ME program See them reading at the TV taping here
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"Little chimps of the human variety will willingly crawl into a parental lap to share this visual and verbal hug." Kirkus Reviews December 4, 2003 Mama Love debuts in a two-page spread in the Walker Catalogue Publication Date: March 1, 2004 in time for Mother's Day
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October 8, 2003 Maine Writer's Symposium Berwick, Maine Kathy and Bruce McMillan are the speakers. See their remarks and photos here.
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October 1, 2003 Oh, Brother is Published September 9, 2003 The FREE bookmarks are ready for you to print. Get them online here. Just click the bookmark to open the whole sheet.
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October 8, 2003 Book Signing and Reading 11:00 am in the children's section at Barnes & Noble, Newington, NH.				Barnes & Noble 45 Gosling Road The Crossings at Fox Run Newington, NH 03801 603-422-7733 Directions
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September 14, 2003 Educator's Open House Educators are invited to meet Kathy at the Brunswick (Maine) Bookland and Cafe on Sunday, September 14, 2003 at 6:00 pm for the annual Educator's Open Housse				8 Gurnet Rd., Cooks Corner Shopping Center Brunswick, Maine 04011 207-725-2313 Directions
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April 25, 2003 A newspaper article about Kathy, a recent school visit, and the Lupine Honor appeared in Fosters Daily Democrat.				Foster's Online Article
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April 14, 2003 All Lupine symbols made for this site are made available for free use on other sites. Permission is granted to use the Lupine symbols created for this site provided that they aren't altered other than the size and that you email the URL where they appear to web site designer Bruce McMillan.
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April 10, 2003, Augusta, Maine Kathy Mallat receives a Lupine Honor for Just Ducky from the Youth Services Section of the Maine Librarian's Association. Congratulations Kathy! Congratulations Ducky! Note: This is the only photographic record of the awards.				Click Seal to see the Awards Ceremony
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April 10, 2003 Schools, libraries, and conferences visited and those with upcoming visits are now listed on the web site with links to their sites when available.e. .				Click for Schools Libraries Conference list
Free Just Ducky and Brave Bear Bookmarks ............................. Click Here for All Books
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This site was designed by Bruce McMillan visit Bruce's site at www.brucemcmillan.com All images © Kathy Mallat or © Bruce McMillan ~ Please contact Kathy Mallat for use permission.

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