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I loved their expressions when I read the first bit of Buddy and then stopped. I visited with the 5th and 6th grade as they came to the book fair. So please follow me at MH Herlongġ1/22/13 - Visitation of Our Lady, Marrero, LA Now I will begin posting my news on my FB page. It has been a busy and wonderful two years (two years!). What a pleasure both to spout wisdom and to read delightful work! I have had the opportunity to teach creative writing this semester at Tulane University. I continue to be impressed by the students and educators I meet! The world is definitely in good hands.

So far in 2015, I have visited in about seventeen. In 2014 I visited in about sixteen schools. I was able to travel to New Hampshire in October to receive the award and to visit and speak at the Children’s Librarians of New Hampshire Annual Conference. New Hampshire’s Great Stone Face Book Award. Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan Book Award ( Buddy placed third in the final vote! I’ll take that!)ĪWARDS BUDDY WON FOR THE 2013/2014 SCHOOL YEAR: State lists that included Buddy for the 2014/2015 school year (in addition to KS, LA, and SC) I plan to travel to Myrtle Beach, SC, in the spring for the annual conference of South Carolina’s librarians. The South Carolina Children’s Book Award.

I traveled to Baton Rouge, just up the road, to receive the award at the Louisiana Book Fest and to meet students from McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School, who had written poems, prepared a beautiful banner, and made an astonishing wreath–all of which may now be seen on my MH Herlong Facebook page. The Louisiana Young Readers Choice Honor Award.

I was able to travel to Kansas to speak at the Fall Conference of the Kansas Association of School Librarians and then on to Emporia for the amazing award ceremony that involved a parade and a play and students gathering for an overnight on the campus. State lists that have included Buddy for the 2015/2016 school year:ĪWARDS BUDDY WON FOR THE 2014/2015 SCHOOL YEAR: Students across the country have been reading Buddy and voting for it in their state-wide reading lists: Since the last post, a few things have happened: Please now follow me on Facebook at MH Herlong as I try to come into the 21st century. 11/17/15 - I find it hard to believe I have not posted any news in the last two years! And yet it is true.