Madisonia Blog » Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly http://madisonia.com/blog1 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Gratch nominated for The Charlotte ward http://madisonia.com/blog1/2009/03/31/gratch-nominated-for-the-charlotte-ward/ http://madisonia.com/blog1/2009/03/31/gratch-nominated-for-the-charlotte-ward/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:30:55 +0000 alanmadison http://madisonia.com/blog1/2009/03/31/gratch-nominated-for-the-charlotte-ward/ I am thrilled to announce that VELMA GRATCH AND THE WAY COOL BUTTERFLY by ME and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes has been nominated for the 2010 New York State Reading Association (NYSRA) Charlotte Award ballot in the Primary category!

This is very exciting for me since NY is where I live. And E.B. White is one of my favorite authors. I like Charlotte’s Web but I really love Stuart Little.

The award is named for the main character in E. B. White’s Charlotte’s Web. Students in New York State will read titles on the ballot and vote for their favorites up through April 15, 2010. For additional information on this award please visit the Charlotte Award Blog at: www.charlotteaward.wordpress.com .

Thank you Charlotte Award! That is some pig.

]]> http://madisonia.com/blog1/2009/03/31/gratch-nominated-for-the-charlotte-ward/feed/ 1 A ‘way cool’ email http://madisonia.com/blog1/2008/09/28/a-way-cool-email/ http://madisonia.com/blog1/2008/09/28/a-way-cool-email/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:24:17 +0000 alanmadison http://madisonia.com/blog1/2008/09/28/a-way-cool-email/ I got this email today! I love the doll and I think everyone should have one. I think it is brilliant. I can’t wait to see it with the butterfly on it. I think I am going to order one today.

The email follows:

I fell in love with Velma Gratch as soon as I picked up the book at the local library to read to one of my granddaughters.
I love to make dolls and found I just needed to make a doll of Velma. The attachment is the almost finished Velma and I am trying to get a butterfly just right to perch on her head.
Isnt she cute? The big problem is that now my two nieces want one and I was only going to make this one…after all Velma is a one of a kind kid isnt she?
I hope you like her as much as I do. Velma is one of my favorite dolls I have ever made so far.

Velma Gratch Doll by Sue Neikirk

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