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News NEWS Do you want to help save the redwoods? There is an ongoing effort to protect an old-growth forest in Mendocino County from logging right now! The site is west of Willits, in exactly the same location as the fictional Big Tree Grove on Huckleberry Ranch in OPERATION REDWOOD. You can read more about it in the San Francisco Chronicle article (click here), or help Save The Redwoods League purchase this important property. OPERATION REDWOOD is chosen by the Library of Congress to represent California during the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.! OPERATION REDWOOD wins the 2010 Youth Fiction Award from the Santa Monica Public Library as part of its Green Prize for Sustainable Literature Awards. Click here for upcoming information and a list of other green award winners! OPERATION REDWOOD wins the Carol D. Reiser Book Award given annually to the children’s book published the preceding year that most effectively inspires community service and volunteerism in children. Thank you to the Metro Atlanta Corporate Volunteer Council, which donated $1,000 to Save the Redwoods League as part of the award! Thanks to the California Library Association for awarding OPERATION REDWOOD the 2010 JOHN AND PATRICIA BEATTY AWARD , which "honors the author of a distinguished book for children or young adults that best promotes an aw areness of California and its people." OPERATION REDWOOD wins the Green Earth Book Award for Children's Fiction! Click here for a full list of winners. Thanks to all those who have put OPERATION REDWOOD on their list of favorites for 2009: 1. Summer 2009 Kid's Indie Next List -- TOP TEN -- "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers" 2. The Horn Book Magazine, Newcomers selection ("exceptional work by the latest crop of novice authors and artists") 3. New York Public Library: "Children's Books 2009 -- 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" 4. National Outdoor Book Awards, 2009, Children's Category, Honorable Mention, Operation Redwood 5. She Writes Day of Action: Favorite Books Written by Women in 2009, Mother Daughter Book Club 6. Daily Kos, Energy Bookshelf 7. Green Apple Books, Holiday Picks for the KFOG Morning Show September 29, September 30, October 3, and October 4, 2009, National Geographic will be airing "Climbing Redwood Giants," the story of the world's tallest trees and the people who climb them. Check out the amazing story of real-life redwood climbers! I went to a screening of Climbing Redwood Giants and it's fabulous -- it covers both Steve Sillett's tree canopy research and Mike Fay's journey along the entire length of the redwood forest. And check out the October 2009 issue of National Geographic, starring the COASTAL REDWOODS! Great resource for families and teachers! OPERATION REDWOOD is listed in "Green Reading for Kids" by the National Environmental Education Foundation. OPERATION REDWOOD is printed on paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, with 30% post-consumer waste APPEARANCES | |||||||
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