Literary Classics is pleased to announce its 2012 selection of top book finalists for children and young adults.

 

The list includes finalists from entries received all over the world. We commend all those who were considered for this year's awards, as the caliber of books received was quite impressive and ompetition was fierce.
 

The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize the following titles in children's and young adult literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics Awards committee.

 

I am so honored to be in the august company of fellow award nominees for the Literary Classics International Book Awards, 2012. One Pelican at a Time and Sea Turtle Summer were selected as nominees, and I am humbled, indeed.

The awards will be announced on October 15, 2012.  Whether or not my books win is really not the issue.  Rather the spirit of the gesture is everything.  I am so delighted to be among those authors whose books were thought enough of to be placed in this group.  For that high honor, I am content.