The Nebraska Center for the Book selected
Simpson’s Sheep Won’t
Go to Sleep! by Bruce Arant (Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 2013) to
represent Nebraska at the 2015 National Book Festival. The book is
the state’s selection for the National Book Festival’s “Discover
Great Places through Reading” map. Each state selects one book about
the state, or by an author from the state, that is a good read for
children or young adults. The map will be distributed at the
Festival on September 5 and listed in “Great Reads about Great
Places” on the websites of both the National and Nebraska Centers
for the Book.
Will poor Farmer Simpson ever find a way to lull his sheep to sleep?
Illustrated with soft pastel drawings, Simpson's Sheep Won’t Go to
Sleep! is a story for every parent or grandparent who has put a
child to bed—and every child who has creatively resisted. The
selection was awarded the 2014 Nebraska Book Award in the Children’s
category. NOTE: Entries for the 2015 Nebraska Book Awards will be
accepted until June 30—see
http://centerforthebook.nebraska.gov/awards/nebookawards.html.
The National Book Festival will feature award-winning authors,
poets, and illustrators at the Walter E. Washington Convention
Center in Washington, DC. Festival goers can meet their favorite
authors, get books signed, have photos taken with mascots and
storybook characters, and participate in a variety of learning
activities. States will staff exhibit booths to promote reading,
library programs, and literary events.
The Nebraska Center for the Book is housed at the Nebraska Library
Commission and brings together the state’s readers, writers,
booksellers, librarians, publishers, printers, educators, and
scholars to build the community of the book, supporting programs to
celebrate and stimulate public interest in books, reading, and the
written word. The Nebraska Center for the Book is supported by the
Nebraska Library Commission. As the state library agency, the
Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate for the library and
information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the Library
Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of
library and information services, bringing together people and
information.
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