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![MENDING LUCILLE FRONT COVER](http://jrpoulter.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mending-lucille-front-cover1.jpg?w=265&h=300)
Cover, "Mending Lucille"
I thought I had probably long gone received the last of the reviews for my Crichton Award winning picture book, “Mending Lucille”. WRONG! Just got the loveliest, very belated review -
RADIO NEW ZEALAND: http://www.radionz.co.nz/search/results?mode=results&q=Mending+Lucille
http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20110617-1037-childrens_book_review_with_john_mcintyre-048.mp3
Sarah Davis [my amazing collaborator, illustrator on this wonderful project] sent it to me today. It came out on 17th June this year! Better late than never!
John McIntyre gave a very thoughtful, in depth review citing the use of “Mending Lucille” by the Monash Centre for Grief Education in the training of counselors working with children experiencing grief, loss or separation from a parent.
“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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
![mending-lucille-cover-highresolution-12 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" by J.R.Poulter, illustrated by Sarah Davis, Lothian
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Hi Jennifer
That’s fantastic! Way to go mate!
I’m very happy for you both!
All the best!
Thanks Jason! Late but well worth waiting for!
I agree Jennifer,…awesome!