BLACK RIVER â A local childrenâs writer has been honored with the New York State Reading Associationâs Charlotte Awards.
The award, named for the main character in E.B. Whiteâs Charlotteâs Web, was established âto encourage students to read outstanding literature and ultimately become life-long readers,â according to the associationâs website. The award also recognizes the authors and illustrators. The award winning books are decided upon by students throughout the state.
Hope I. Marston, who has been nominated in the past, received the 2021 Charlotte Award for the high school ballot for her book âThe Walls Have Ears: A Black Spy in the Confederate White House,â published by White Bird Publications.
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British Author Publishes First Biography of 17th Century Eastern Shore Settler
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TIVERTON, England and SALISBURY, Md., May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A first-time English author has released the first biography of Henry Bagwell, an historically important early settler of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
The Henry Bagwell Story is the first biography of an early English settler on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, who survived shipwreck in Bermuda on his way to the Jamestown Colony in 1609. An English author, writing her first book, compiled his story from historical archives in Virginia and Devon, England.