PR: Toon Books prize winners

One of the big announcements at ALA was the winner of the Toon Books sweepstakes, which was co-sponsored by our mothership, School Library Journal. The grand prize, a visit from Benny and Penny creator Geoffrey Hayes and original artwork, went to Ann Niederkorn from Graham & Parks Alternative Public School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hayes won the Geisel award for best book for beginning readers for his Benny and Penny in The Big No-No, which puts an extra-sweet spin on the grand prize.

The other 50 winners each received a complete set of Toon books. Over 2,300 teachers and librarians entered the sweepstakes, which was open to public and school libraries. Here’s the list of lucky winners, and there’s a sampling of their comments at the Toon Books blog:Elizabeth Hester, Irondale Middle School, Birmingham AL

Kimberly McCloud, LRSD-Williams Magnet School, Little Rock AR
Mim Gottschalk, Rancho Mirage Public Library, Rancho Mirage CA
Joanna Ward, Temple City Library, Temple City CA
John Thomas, Spanish Peaks Library District, Walsenburg CO
Marcia Berbeza, Pulaski Elementary School, Wilmington DE
Casey LaPlante, East Windsor Middle School, Broad Brook CT
Roseanne Russo, Marion County Public Library System, Ocala FL
Margaret Troxler, The Epstein School Goldstein Media Center, Atlanta GA
Nicole Annis, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua , IA
Karen Burke, Naperville Public Library, Naperville IL
Katharine Fitzpatrick, Disney Magnet School, Chicago, IL
Mary Evans, Morgan Elementary, Hutchinson KS
Leslie Bahn, St. Martin’s Episcopal School, Metairie LA
Jayne Dudley, Kindercare, Canton MA
Janet Browning, Pointers Run Elementary School, Clarksville MD
Caryn Bartone, Salem-South Lyon District Library, South Lyon MI
Jackie Lannin, Hallie Q Brown Community Center, St. Paul MN
Anna Ruhs, Starkville-Oktibbeha County Public Library System, Starkville MS
Phyllis Danko, Wiggin Memorial Library, Stratham NH
Barbara Kreyling, North Plainfield High School/Middle School, North Plainfield NJ
Michele Beddow, Apshawa Elementary School, West Milford NJ
Nicola McDonald, Brooklyn Public Library Washington Irving Branch, Brooklyn NY
M.L. James, William B. Ward Elementary School, New Rochelle NY
Martha Alcott, Chappaqua Public Library, Chappaqua NY
Jean Berotti, Island Park Public Library, Island Park NY
Mildred Said, Queens Library/South Ozone Park, South Ozone Park NY
Brenda Ballinger, Adams County Public Library, West Union OH
Sally Klepper, Avon Lake Public Library, Avon Lake OH
Rhonda Hancock, Banks Elementary School, Banks OR
Elizabeth Davis, Lackawanna County Children’s Library, Scranton PA
Sharon Lux, St. Michael’s Country Day School, Newport RI
John Hewell, Oconee County (SC) Public Library, Walhalla SC
Lori Finger, Hilton Head Preparatory School, Hilton Head Island SC
Karen Wiechmann, Siouxland Libraries, Sioux Falls SD
Karen Cushing, Pleasant View School, Memphis TN
Kathleen Judd, Hazelwood Elementary School, Clarksville TN
Theresa Rogalski, Wilson Elementary School, Houston TX
Norma Martinez, East Point Elementary School, El Paso TX
Theresa Zelasko, Southwestern University A. Frank Smith Library Center, Georgetown TX
Martha Blackmon, Rusk High School, Rusk TX
Gene Nelson, Provo City Library, Provo UT
Dawn Pleet, Bennett Elementary School, Manassas VA
Angie Rachels, Rockbridge Regional Library, Lexington VA
Ellen Proefrock, Larrymore Elementary School, Norfolk VA
Sherry Clem, Van Wyck Branch Library, Norfolk VA
Mary Alice Powers, Windsor Middle/High School, Windsor VT
Terry Reeder, Cedar Way Elementary School, Mountlake Terrace WA
Jackie Parker, Lynnwood Library, Lynnwood WA
Jennifer Wharton, Matheson Memorial Library, Elkhorn, WI

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