thank you, Bank Street

In 2015 I found out that Room in My Heart was included in the annual list of Best Children’s Books compiled by the Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature. This year I’m proud to have TWO of my self-published titles included in their 2016 list—I Love Snow and A Wave Came Through Our Window, which received a star for outstanding merit! I noticed that once Room in My Heart made the Bank Street list, both the NYPL and the BPL added the book to their collection. And when I checked their catalogs yesterday, I saw that three more of my self-published books were “on order.” So things are slowly starting to change! By the end of this month, I will have self-published 19 books and about 5 of those titles will be available at the library. I plan to keep pushing for inclusion and hope you will, too. And I’d like to thank the Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street for having open minds and giving my books their stamp of approval. No author should have to win an award or make a “best of” list just to have their book available in public libraries, but indie authors are generally held to a higher standard…which isn’t fair, but we persist!