See all posts
12 September 2009 ·

The March of Books in Israel


My wonderful Hebrew translator, Gili Bar-Hillel Semo, recently emailed to tell me
that “Nim’s Island” was voted the most popular book for 4th to 6th graders in “Mits’ad Hasfarim” – “The March of Books”.

This is an interesting award: there’s a jury-selected shortlist that includes all sorts of books, some very old, and then a poll of Israeli schoolchildren conducted by the department of education. (Sounds like a wonderful way to do it!)

So, I’m thrilled!

Here are some of the other winners – (Gili says she’s omitted Israeli books I couldn’t have heard of):

1. NIM’S ISLAND by Wendy Orr
3. THE ISLAND ON BIRD STREET by Uri Orlev
4. PRIhttp://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1147064&id=669674397NCE CASPIAN by C.S.Lewis
6. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID by Jeff Keaney
8. THE LEGEND OF SPUD MURPHY by Eoin Colfer
10. WHITE BOOTS by Noel Streatfeild (Gili translated this one too)

Tags:

Comments

  1. CarlaDelevx Congratulations.
    How wonderful to be loved the world over.
    September 25, 2009 at 6:42 pm · Reply
  2. Wendy Thank you! It's true, I get really excited about awards like this. (Okay, I get excited about any award - but this does seem special, both because it's been voted for by kids, and because it's a country I don't know at all.)
    September 25, 2009 at 6:44 pm · Reply
Add a comment

← Back to all posts

Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer. Her books for children and adults have been published in 27 countries and won awards around the world. Nim’s Island and Nim at Sea have also become feature films, starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin (Nim’s Island) and Bindi Irwin (Return to Nim’s Island.) Her latest book is Cuckoo’s Flight, a companion to the highly acclaimed Bronze Age novels Dragonfly Song and Swallow’s Dance. Read full bio

About Wendy
About Wendy
Read my blog Contact me Read my full bio &
listen to interviews