The Boy From the Sun by Duncan Weller (Simply Read Books, 978-1-894965-33-0) has been awarded the 2008 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award for best picture book. The awards were established by Sylvia Schwartz to honor her sister Ruth Schwartz, a prominent Toronto bookseller. In 2002 the awards were renamed to honor both sisters. The awards are administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Canadian Booksellers Association.
Weller's book has already won the 2007 Governor General's Literary Award
for Children's Literature in the illustration category. It is an allegory that teaches children about the beauty of the natural world.
Ontario Arts Foundation
The Indianapolis Star reported that the Indianapolis Museum of Art has joined in a lawsuit contesting a state law that would require businesses selling "sexually explicit" material that is "harmful to minors" to register with the state. Other plaintiffs in the suit include the American Civil Liberties Union, the Association of American Publishers, and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.
The ACLU has said that the law is "vague, overly broad, and violates the First Amendment. According to the Star, the IMA sells art books containing images of nudes painted by the Old Masters.
"Our role in this community is to foster tolerance for creativity, and this law is completely in opposition to that mission," IMA Director and Chief Executive Maxwell L. Anderson said.
Indianapolis Star
The American Booksellers Association has partnered with Ingram Book Group and Ingram Publisher Services to underwrite bookseller education for the next three years. The ABA provides free education to its members through articles, white papers, and sessions at events throughout the year, including BookExpo America, ABA Winter Institute, regional trade shows, and bookseller forums.
ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz said the partnership is "a boon to both ABA and Ingram," and will help ABA keep bookseller education free.
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