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The Moonbeam Children’s Book Competition is now accepting entries.

Announcing 2nd Annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

“Celebrating youthful curiosity, discovery and learning through books and reading.”

•Entry now open – early-bird entry fee $85 per category, valid until June 15th
•New categories include Children’s Poetry, Environmental Issues and Spanish Language Book

Click here to download complete guidelines and entry form:

Announcing the call for entries into the second annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards www.MoonbeamAwards.com, designed to honor the year’s best children’s books, authors and illustrators. The new book awards program is accepting entries until August 16th, 2008 for books with 2007 or 2008 copyrights or that were released in 2007 or 2008, and is open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English and intended for the North American market.

Presented by Jenkins Group and IndependentPublisher.com, the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. Awards will be given in 30 categories covering the full range of subjects, styles and age groups that children’s books are written and published in today.
“The inaugural Moonbeam Awards were a huge success,” says Jim Barnes, Awards Director at Jenkins Group. “We had a great turnout of support from the children’s book publishing community, and we’re going to make this year’s awards even better. Last year we recognized a wonderfully diverse group of authors and publishers, from first-timers to seasoned veterans, and the award-winners make up an amazing ‘must-read’ list of books for kids.”

Click here to view last year’s results, photos, etc.

Jenkins Group has been involved in book packaging, marketing and distribution since 1988, and many of its founders and employees now have children and grandchildren who strongly influence the company culture with their youthful exuberance and love of books.

“We all have kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews, and we all recognize the role books play in enriching children’s lives,” says company founder Jerrold Jenkins, father of four children ranging from ages 5 to 15. “As our society has gotten more complex and growing up has become more complicated, children’s book authors and publishers have risen to the occasion, creating books that not only celebrate the joys of childhood, but also help families deal with its challenges. We want to recognize and reward the best of these books and bring them to the attention of parents, booksellers, librarians – and to the kids themselves.”

Click here to enter online:

Click here to download complete guidelines and entry form.

To learn more about the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards visit www.MoonbeamAwards.com
Questions? Contact Jim Barnes, Awards Director
email: jimb@bookpublishing.com
phone: 1.800.644.0133 x1011
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