CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them wins the Gold Medal in the 2017 Literary Classics Book Awards

Fiza Pathan Publishing OPC Private Limited is proud to announce that CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them has won the Gold Medal in the 2017 Literary Classics Book Awards. (Genre/Category: College – INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS). The Press Release from CLC Awards is given below. Congratulations to all the winners.

NEWS
Literary Classics Announces Youth Media Book Award Recipients
 
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Literary Classics
pr@clcawards.org
 
 
SOUTH DAKOTA – The 2017 Literary Classics International Book Award recipients have been announced.  Selected from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience.  In this highly competitive industry these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.
 
The competition this year was tremendous and we congratulate all honorees for their outstanding and inspiring work.  All Silver, Gold and Top Honors award recipients will be invited to attend a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, formal gala, and other related events in Rapid City, South Dakota, to be held in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival, Labor Day Weekend, 2017.
 
The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize this year’s titles in literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics selection committee.
 
2017 LITERARY CLASSICS TOP HONORS BOOK AWARDS
 
The Enchanted Page
The Green Children 
written by Kenny Chumbley & Jim McGuiggan  
illustrated by Nadya Ruvinsky
Prairie Papers
 
The Eloquent Quill
Lucy in her Secret Wood 
(A story inspired by Wordsworth’s wild child Lucy Gray)
Christina Pagés
Waldorf Publishing
 
 
Words on Wings
Beauty & the Beast 
Rebecca Hammond Yager
Poisoned Plume
 
Lumen Award for Literary Excellence
Walter’s Way:
How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal, Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley
 
 
YOUNG AUTHOR AWARD
 
GOLD
All Sleep
AC Moyer
Aurelia Press
 
SILVER
If You Wish
Cassandra Briskman
Waterside Productions
 
BEST IN CATEGORY – GOLD
 
BEST ILLUSTRATOR – GOLD
Drummer Girl 
Hiba Masood
Daybreak Press
 
BEST COVER DESIGN – GOLD
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich
Xlibris
 
BEST HOLIDAY BOOK – GOLD
Max’s Christmas Adventure 
​Wendy Leighton-Porter
Mauve Square Publishing
 
BEST FIRST BOOK – GOLD
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press
 
BEST SERIES – YOUNG READER – GOLD
Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure Series
​Janelle Diller & Lisa Travis
WorldTrek Publishing
 
BEST SERIES – MIDDLE GRADE – GOLD
Shadows from the Past series
​Wendy Leighton-Porter
Mauve Square Publishing
 
BEST SERIES – HIGH SCHOOL – GOLD
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham series
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace
 
BEST SERIES – YOUNG ADULT – GOLD
The Call to Search Everywhen series
Chess Desalls
Czidor Lore, LLC
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
 
 
GOLD
 
PRESCHOOL / EARLY READER
 
PICTURE BOOK – GOLD
The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse
Natalie Rekstad & Sophie Lynn
Black Fox Philanthropy, LLC
 
EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK – GOLD
Nosey’s Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville
Martha Driscoll
Driscoll Publishing
 
EDUCATIONAL BOOK – GOLD
Fifo 50 States
Hayley Rose
Flowered Press
 
GENERAL – GOLD
‘Iwalani’s Tree
Constance Hale
BeachHouse Publishing
 
CULTURAL – GOLD
Drummer Girl
Hiba Masood
Daybreak Press
 
FANTASY – GOLD
The Green Children
written by Kenny Chumbley
& Jim McGuiggan  
Prairie Papers
 
GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK
 
EARLY CHAPTER BOOK – GOLD
Nickerbacher
Terry John Barto
TJB KIDS
 
CHAPTER BOOK – GOLD
Sir Princess Petra’s Mission
Diane Mae Robinson
Tate Publishing
 
FICTION – GOLD
Lucy in her Secret Wood 
(A story inspired by Wordsworth’s wild child Lucy Gray)
Christina Pagés
Waldorf Publishing
 
FANTASY – GOLD
Thistle Downe  
Molly & Gary Whitney
Bright Sky Press
 
GENERAL – GOLD
The Whizbang Machine
Danielle Vann
Waldorf Publishing
 
FICTION – GOLD
The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief
Louis DeGrado
IUniverse
 
MYSTERY / THRILLER – GOLD
DOTTY and the Chimney Thief
Emma Warner-Reed
Calendar House Press
 
FANTASY – GOLD
Motley Education  
S.A. Larsen
Leap Books, LLC
 
 
PRETEEN
 
GENERAL – GOLD
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz
Bunny Moon Books
 
FICTION – GOLD
Guardian
Katy Newton Naas
Clean Reads
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – GOLD
A Family for Leona  
Beverly Stowe McClure
4RV Publishing LLC
 
FANTASY – GOLD
Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen
Jean Guthrie
Sojourn Publishing, LLC
 
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL
 
GENERAL – GOLD
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Stigs Flight
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace
 
FICTION – GOLD
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz
Bunny Moon Books
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – GOLD
A Buss from Lafayette
Dorothea Jensen
BQB Publishing
 
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN – GOLD
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich
Xlibris
 
FANTASY – GOLD
Faeborne 
Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Create Space
 
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
FICTION – GOLD
Tupelo Honey 
Lis Anna-Langston
Mapleton Publishers
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – GOLD
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova
iUniverse
 
ROMANCE – GOLD
Beauty & the Beast
Rebecca Hammond Yager
Poisoned Plume
 
MYSTERY / THRILLER – GOLD
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls
Czidor Lore, LLC
 
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN – GOLD
Criminal 

1. B. Hoyle

The Writer’s Coffee Shop
 
PARANORMAL / HORROR – GOLD
​Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington
Post Mortem Press
 
FANTASY – GOLD
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls
Czidor Lore, LLC
 
NONFICTION – GOLD
​Walter’s Way::How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal,
Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley
 
FAITH BASED – GOLD
Bombs Bursting in Air
Lisa McCombs
Headline Books
 
 
COLLEGE­
 
GENERAL – GOLD
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press
 
FICTION – GOLD
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall 
Shannon Kirk
Reputation Books
 
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN – GOLD
Criminal 

1. B. Hoyle

The Writer’s Coffee Shop
 
FANTASY – GOLD
A Shift Toward Prey
Natalie Allison
Primedia E-launch LLC
 
MYSTERY / THRILLER – GOLD
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray
Abrasax Press
 
PARANORMAL / HORROR – GOLD
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray
Abrasax Press
 
ROMANCE – GOLD
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova
iUniverse
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – GOLD
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr
Amazon
 
MATURE ISSUES – GOLD
Hooked
Allen Wolf
Morning Star Publishing
 
INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS – GOLD
CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them  
Fiza Pathan
Fiza Pathan Publishing

 
INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY – GOLD
​Walter’s Way: How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal,
Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley
 
NONFICTION – GOLD
A Medieval Woman’s Companion
Susan Morrison
Oxbow Books
 
FAITH BASED – GOLD
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press
 
 
SPECIAL INTEREST – GOLD
 
ALPHABET BOOK – GOLD
Grocery Store Alphabet Game
Teresa Stern
Sarah Book Publishing
 
COUNTING BOOK – GOLD
10 Little Monsters Visit New York City
Jess Smart Smiley
Familius
 
RHYMING BOOK – GOLD
In and Out, All ‘Round About – Opposite Friends 
Penelope Anne Cole
Magical Book Works
 
HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM – PICTURE BOOK – GOLD
Roxie the Doxie Finds her Forever Home
​JODY A. DEAN, Ph.D.
Tally Ho Publishing
 
ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE BOOK – GOLD
My Pancakes Taste Different Today
​Heather Wood Galpert
Wagon Wheel Productions
 
NONFICTION – GRADE SCHOOL – GOLD
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies 
Cindy Farwell
Tate Publishing
 
FAITH BASED – GRADE SCHOOL – GOLD
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies 
Cindy Farwell
Tate Publishing
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – MIDDLE GRADE – GOLD
Greg’s Second Adventure in Time 
​C.M. Huddleston
Interpreting Time’s Past PRESS
 
SCIENCE FICTION – MIDDLE GRADE – GOLD
Black Lightning 
​K.S. Jones
Mirror World Publishing
 
HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM – MIDDLE GRADE – GOLD
Coby Ryan Harris Is Officially Fat
​Joni Klein-Higger & Flora Zaken-Greenberg, Ph.D.
Guardian Angel Publishing
 
ENVIRONMENTAL – YA – GOLD
Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
​Garry Rogers
Self Published
 
SELF HELP – YA – GOLD
5 Simple Questions to Reclaim Your Happiness! 
​Jacqui Letran
A Healed Mind
 
 
BEST IN CATEGORY – SILVER
 
PICTURE BOOK – SILVER
Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind
Lisa Anne Novelline
Self Published
 
EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK – SILVER
Corinne’s Fin
Dayle Dabney
Headline Books
 
EDUCATIONAL BOOK – SILVER
Sip Tea with Mad Hatter
Loretta Neff
Neff Publishing, LLC
 
GENERAL – SILVER
Little Katie Goes to the Moon
Carmela Dutra
Pegasus Pony
 
CULTURAL – SILVER
Hopping to America: 
A Rabbit’s Tale of Immigration
Diana Walker
Headline Books
 
FANTASY – SILVER
Hey That’s MY Monster!
Amanda Noll
Flashlight Press
 
GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK
 
EARLY CHAPTER BOOK – SILVER
Dream Butterflies
PM Kelly
Bookbaby
 
CHAPTER BOOK – SILVER
Tales of Mr. Snuggywhiskers: The Spring Tales 
CF Crawford
Lauco Press
 
FICTION – SILVER
Mary’s Song 
Susan Count
Hastings Creations Group
 
FANTASY – SILVER
Magora The Gallery of Wonders
Marc Remus
Misty Moon Books / Marc Remus
 
 
PRETEEN
 
GENERAL – SILVER
The Whizbang Machine Tunney’s Curse
Danielle Vann
Waldorf Publishing
 
FICTION – SILVER
No One Needed to Know 

1. G. Driver

Amazon
 
MYSTERY / THRILLER – SILVER
Crime Cats, the Dusenbury Curse
Wolfgang Parker
Rogue Agent Publishing
 
FANTASY – SILVER
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley
CreateSpace
 
 
PRETEEN
 
GENERAL – SILVER
Skinny White Freak
Paul Haddad
Independent
 
FICTION – SILVER
The Stone of Mercy, Book 1 of the Centaur Chronicles
M.J. Evans
Dancing Horse Press
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – SILVER
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich
Xlibris
 
FANTASY – SILVER
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley
CreateSpace
 
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL
 
GENERAL – SILVER
Secrets of the Home Wood: the Sacrifice 
Julie Whitley
FriesenPress
 
FICTION – SILVER
The Other Side of the Law
Katelynn Renteria
Sarah Book Publishing
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – SILVER
Calamity Jane, 
How the West Began
Bryan Ney
Dragon Tree Books
 
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN – SILVER
​​Glint 
JD Harper
CreateSpace
 
FANTASY – SILVER
The Tower Below
J.R. Roper
CHBB Publishing
 
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
FICTION – SILVER
A Secret Music
Susan Doherty Hannaford
Cormorant Books
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – SILVER
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr Amazon
 
ROMANCE – SILVER
The Slope Rules
Melanie Hooyenga
CreateSpace
 
MYSTERY / THRILLER – SILVER
​Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington
Post Mortem Press
 
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN – SILVER
I Will Breathe 
Regina Puckett
Punk & Sissy Publications
 
PARANORMAL / HORROR – SILVER
Dark Flowers
Caytlyn Brooke
BHC Press imprint H20
 
FANTASY – SILVER
Ephemeral and Fleeting 
Patricia Reding
Scripta Manent Publishing
 
NONFICTION – SILVER
Unbroken Spirits  
Kay Beth Avery
Western Reflections Publishing
 
FAITH BASED – SILVER
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press
 
 
COLLEGE
 
GENERAL – SILVER
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall 
Shannon Kirk
Reputation Books
 
FICTION – SILVER
Once Confronted 
Lynne Stringer
Rhiza Press
 
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN – SILVER
Quantum Lace  
Leigh St John
Self-Published
 
FANTASY – SILVER
Ephemeral and Fleeting 
Patricia Reding
Scripta Manent Publishing
 
MYSTERY / THRILLER – SILVER
Eye of Charybdis  
Steve Wilson
White Feather Press
 
PARANORMAL / HORROR – SILVER
​Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington
Post Mortem Press
 
ROMANCE – SILVER
Hooked
Allen Wolf
Morning Star Publishing
 
HISTORICAL FICTION – SILVER
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova
iUniverse
 
MATURE ISSUES – SILVER
Shattered Lies 
SJ Francis
Black Opal Books
 
INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS – SILVER
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Scott M. Graffius
CreateSpace
 
INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY – SILVER
You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life
Germany Kent
Star Stone Press
 
NONFICTION – SILVER
Terror in Ypsilanti: 
John Norman Collins Unmasked
Gregory A. Fournier
 
FAITH BASED – SILVER
The Gospel According To Ruth: A Season of Harvest 121 Days of Devotions  
Kevin Foster
Carpenter’s Son
 
 
Literary Classics, an organization dedicated to furthering excellence in literature, takes great pride in its role to help promote classic literature which appeals to youth, while educating and encouraging positive values in the impressionable young minds of future generations.  Judging is based upon the criteria set forth by Literary Classics’ highly selective awards committee which honors books promoting character, vision, creativity and learning, through content which possesses key elements found in well-crafted literature.
 
The Literary Classics judging committee is comprised of experts with backgrounds in publishing, writing, editing, design, illustration, and book reviewing.   To learn more about Literary Classics, visit their website at www.literaryclassicsawards.com.
 
 
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