“Mending Lucille” has been nominated for two very important awards in Australia, the Family Therapists’ Award and the Crichton Award!
Sarah Davis has been nominated for “New Illustrator of the Year” in the Crichton Award for her AMAZING art work in our picture book, “Mending Lucille” [Lothian/Hachette Livre].
I am so thrilled Lothian/Hachette gave me the opportunity to go search for an illustrator and that I found Sarah on the internet! Despite having no funds to pay Sarah for it, her spontaneous “love it” for the manuscript persuaded her to do a sample for Lothian - the rest, as they say, is history! Thank you Sarah from the bottom of my heart for agreeing to take on the manuscript of a relative unknown and for ’seeing’ what it had to say!
Here is the site announcement - http://cbca.org.au/crichtonaward.htm
The annual Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature is awarded by the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT). A book for older readers, and one for younger readers, are awarded for being the best books of the year to be useful for therapists in practice. A list of books recommended for use by therapists is also announced by ANZJFT. “Mending Lucille” has been nominated for the Young Readers/Picture Book Award.
Being Nominated for the Family Therapists Award is deeply meaningful for Sarah and myself . It recognises the contribution our book has made in tackling a very sensitive topic, the loss of a parent or central carer, and in making available to therapists, counselors, teachers and others involved with children in such a traumatic loss, a resource that is seen to be able to help the child at their point of need. Adults too have responded to the book and have found reading it very therapeutic in helping them deal with such a loss of their own, often buried deep in their past.
Here’s hoping Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
![Cover of "Mending Lucille" by J.R.Poulter, illustrated by Sarah Davis [Lothian]](http://jrpoulter.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mending-lucille-cover-highresolution-12.jpg?w=257&h=300 "mending-lucille-cover-highresolution-12")
"Mending Lucille" by J.R.Poulter, illustrated by Sarah Davis, Lothian
CONGRATULATIONS!! The nominations are definitely well deserved and I have all fingers and toes crossed for the both of you. xxx
Fantastic work Sarah and well done Jennifer. What an exciting time for both.
Looking forward to reading the book and enjoying the artwork.
Awesome. Congrats to you both!!
Donald James Parker
Author of Reforming the Potter’s Clay
Congratulations to you. A well deserved award. GO FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Jennifer,congratulations to you and Sarah,the cover is wonderful and inside illustrations will be the same and about your script ,what to say…I love how you write
The book must be truly beautiful, as it deals with such an important issue, losing a family member – unfortunately we all must face that one sooner or later.
Well done, fantastic and congratulations on the therapy award nomination.
Best wishes Jan
Thanks Emelda - appreciated!
Jan you are AWESOME!
Thanks from Sarah and myself - sweet of you!
Thankyou Jennifer,
The book is - I’m just the little person typing the words. I was very fortunate to meet a brilliant artist and I’m also a great lover of trees, particulartly tuarts as I have grown up with one, built my first cubby house in it as a child and enjoyed the bird’s eye view with my great friends Pepy the sausage dog and Sammy-can my cat - and so we all became ‘Tuart Dwellers’ At an early age my parents made sure I was surrounded by nature - so it’s engrained in me - the beauty and intellegence of nature. Cheers Jan