2023 CLCSC Awards Ceremony

You are invited to the 2023 CLCSC Awards Ceremony!

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Join us in celebrating the 2023 CLCSC Award Winners at the 

2023 CLCSC Awards Ceremony

Saturday, October 21, 2023
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Luminarias Restaurant
3500 W Ramona Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754

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2023 Award Winners

Excellence in a Picture Book:
Rafa Counts on Papá by Joe Cepeda

Outstanding Achievement in Social Emotional Literature:
Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum

Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry:
Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle

Peggy Miller Award for Young Adult Literature:
I Rise by Marie Arnold

Dorothy C. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Children's Literature:
Octavia's Bookshelf - Nikki High

Schedule:
9:00 am - Doors Open, Silent Auction Bidding starts
9:15 am - Brunch Service
9:35 am - Awards Ceremony begins
10:30 am - Book Signing begins
11:30 am - Silent Auction ends

PREORDER BOOKS

Preorder books from Once Upon a Time Bookstore at this link. The shop will have a limited number of additional books available at the event. After the awards presentation and winners' speeches, the 2023 winners will be signing their books, along with the following winners from previous years:
Caroline Arnold, Butterflies in Room 6
Molly Knox Ostertag, The Girl from the Sea
Masha D'yans, A Garden in Your Belly*
You may also bring their books that you already own.
*pending stock availability

A brunch menu will be served. Please note, we cannot guarantee vegan or vegetarian selections after October 9, 2023.

Proceeds from the silent auction will benefit Children's Literature Council of Southern California, a 501(c)3 organization.

Free parking is available in the restaurant lot.

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