May 2017

Monica Gu, Paramus High School, Paramus, NJ. Level Three (Grades 9-12) First Place, NJ State award. Monica Gu wrote to Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights Dear Emily Brontë, The first time I read Wuthering Heights, I flung the book across the room.  The last time I read it, I cried. The first time, I was twelve years old and read more

Jonathan Hoff, Pequannock Valley Middle School, Pequannock, NJ Level Two (Grades 7-8) First Place and National Prize 2015 Jonathan Hoff  wrote to Art Spiegelman, author of Maus Dear Art Spiegelman, History. Not my favorite subject throughout middle school. Mesopotamia, King Tutankhamun, Julius Caesar – I cannot really associate with these topics; I find these subjects rather boring. I have found read more

First Place (Grades 4-6), and National Prize 2015 : Gerel Sanzhikov, Christa McAuliffe Middle School, Jackson, NJ. Gerel wrote to Wendell Van Draanen, author of The Running Dream Dear Wendelin Van Draanen, I have never lost a leg. I was not born with cerebral palsy. I do not use a wheelchair. I do not have speech problems. But I have read more

The 2017 celebration for New Jersey’s winners in the national Library of Congress program, Letters About Literature, took place on Wednesday, May 17, at the Livingston Student Center on the Livingston Campus of Rutgers University, 84 Joyce Kilmer Ave., Piscataway NJ 08854 from 2:00 to 5:00. The Authors’ Alley and exhibits opened at 2pm, and the awards ceremony began at read more

The 2016/2017 Miss Rumphius award, given to a person who develops creative activities to enhance learning and literacy, was awarded to Amanda Winter, Youth Services Librarian at Livingston Public Library. The presentation was made on April 25th at the New Jersey Library Association's Annual Conference Awards Reception at Harrah' s Convention Center in Atlantic City. Pictured at left are : read more