The judges have conferred and made their decisions on the winning entries for the Oz: Writing Contest. We can't really announce who the winners are out here yet, because we want to let thems know first.
We do want to to thank everyone that sent in their entries, or encourage their children/students to participate in this contest. It was very encouraging to see that interest in children's literature are still well and alive in the Central Valley. We received over 100 entries (definitely beyond our expectations...) from cities on the Central Valley, and also a lone entry from the Bay Area.
Right now, the entries are being edited by the Center's curator and will soon be on their way to Prof. Doug Hansen's art students, here at Fresno State, to be embellished with illustrations.
Special thanks to The Fresno Bee, that help co-sponsoring this program with the Arne Nixon Center and the International Wizard of Oz Club.
We have a new display up in the Center's reading room. It's a two-in-one themed display! More pics are up in our Facebook page (are you a fan?)
Since the Fresno County Library's Big Read program this year is 'Fahrenheit 451' (there's a Big Read event on March 19 with graphic novelist, Tim Hamilton, more details here), our first theme is dystopian stories like Fahrenheit 451.
The second theme is award winning books that were given out by ALA earlier this year at their mid-winter conference. We're featuring books owned by the Center that won Newbery, Caldecott, and more...
Come see these books at the Center (we'll even take it out of case if you want to read them)!
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