Ohio Kids Choose Faculty Bill Thomson's Book CHALK for Award

above: an illustration from the book CHALK by faculty Bill Thomson

The children's book CHALK by faculty Bill Thomson has won a number of awards and honors, including the 2011 Connecticut Book Award in the Children's Illustrator category in November. But the book's most recent award is especially meaningful, because the "judges" were children. Earlier this month, CHALK won the 2011 Buckeye Children's Book Award for the state of Ohio for grades 3-5. The Buckeye Children's Book Award winners are selected entirely by children.

In related news, the publisher of CHALK and Thomson's other books, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, was acquired by Amazon. Many of the articles about the acquisition, including an article in Publisher's Weekly, mention CHALK as one of Marshall Cavandish's well-known children's books.

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[Ryan Maguire]

Kids know their stuff! Congrats Bill!