Mae's First Day of School news

Mae's First Day of School has been nominated for the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature, an Oregon Book Award presented by Literary Arts. Kate's debut, Hannah and Sugar, won this award in 2016. This year's winners will be announced on April 22nd. For tickets to attend the Ceremony, hosted by Cheryl Strayed, head to Brown Paper Tickets.

ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Judges: Ashyln Anstee, Ben Clanton, Linda Marshall

Kate Berube of Portland, Mae’s First Day of School (Abrams Books)
Barbara Herkert of Newport, A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White (Henry Holt and Co.)
Michelle Roehm McCann of Portland, More Girls Who Rocked the World (Aladdin/Beyond Words)
Emily Whitman of Portland,The Turning (Greenwillow Books)
Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen (Balzer & Bray)

In addition, Mae's First Day of School is now available in Japanese from Imagination +/ Press!