Book Bound members celebrate
Michelle's
Highlights publication
at the Cheesecake Factory on a
break from the '04 fall conference
in Birmingham!

Pictured L to R are:
Robyn Hood Black, Paula Puckett,
John Witkowski, Denise L.
Carleton, Michelle's hubby,
Michelle Pate, and Donna H.
Bowman.
SCBWI/Southern Breeze Fall
Conference '05
NEW!  Pictures from
SCBWI/Southern Breeze
Springmingle'06.
Former Book Bounder,
Michelle Pate wearing the
prestigious and sought after
Book Bound "Crown of
Success" for
Watermelon
Fever
featured in the July '04
issue of
Highlights.
Donna with author and Southern Breeze RA, Jo Kittinger
at the Swap Shop held in Cumming in November '04.  
Donna's articles are regularly featured in the
Dawson
Community News
.  Donna became Jo's Co-RA in 2006!
Robyn and Jo Kittinger at the book signing session
of the Southern Breeze Fall Conference in
Birmingham, AL in September '04.  Robyn's Rookie
Reader
Sir Mike was released September '05!
Donna displays her "front page" article on Hurricane
Katrina in the
Dawson Community News, September '05.
Denise and Katrice (K.D.) at the '05 Springmingle in
Jackson, Miss.  Denise's poem
What Kind of Ball Is
It?
is to be featured in the June 2006 issue of
Ladybug
and her article and activities, The Three
R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
in the 2010 issue of
Hopscotch for Girls.
Heather at one of her many
"Crownings." Heather has had
articles in
The Forsyth Herald
and in
Up In Cumming.  
Heather's poem
Fly Fishing was
acquired in October '06 by
Cricket Magazine Group for
publication in
Babybug.
Book Bounders at Robyn's very first autograph party of her
book,
Sir Mike (published in '05).  Pictured L to R are
Robyn Hood Black, Helen Sawyer, Paula Puckett, Heather
Kolich, Denise L. Carleton, K.D. Graham and Donna H.
Bowman.
Book Bounders, (L to R):  Donna Bowman, Robyn Hood
Black and Heather Kolich, pictured with author, Carmen
Deedy,  at the Children's Book Festival on April 12, 2005,
sponsored and hosted by The Georgia Center for the
Book and the Dekalb County Public Library.  
Donna's September '05
"Crowning" for her articles
published in the
Dawson
Community News
.
Paula and Denise attended the
37th Annual GA Book Awards at
UGA in Athens in April '06.  This
event attended by UGA students,
media specialists and educators
is a wonderful opportunity for
writers to rub elbows with award
winning authors and to uncover a
considerable amount of ideas!  
Paula (left) and Denise (right) are
pictured with Karen Hesse
(center), author of
Out of the Dust,
winner of the Newbery Medal.
Denise attended a "Picture Books on the Porch" workshop
presented by local Georgia writers, Diane Z. Shore and
Melanie Jones at Taylor Hall, a historic home in
Hawkinsville, GA in March '06.  Pictured are: (back row L to
R) Denise, David, Ly, Mauriel, Melanie; (front row L to R)
Jackie, Nancy, Diane and Verna (thank you for hosting us!)
and seated in front is Sidney.
Denise wore the "Crown of Success" at Book Bound's June
'06 meeting for the publication of her piece,
What Kind of Ball
Is It?
in the June 2006 issue of Ladybug magazine.
Photos
Heather, Robyn and
Paula had a wonderful
time at the "Hall Reads
Together" event in Hall
County in September
'06.   Pictured are (L to
R):  Michael Austin,
Tony Crunk, Paula
Puckett, Robyn Hood
Black, Heather Kolich
and Gail Karwoski.
At their September '06 meeting, Book Bounders surprised
Katrice (K.D.) with a bridal shower!  She married her
sweetheart in October '06!  Congratulations!
Bookbounders at the Southern Breeze Fall Conference in October '06.  Pictured L
to R are Robyn Hood Black, conference presenter Jen Weiss Handler, Denise
Carleton, John Witkowski, Donna Bowman, Paula Puckett and Heather Kolich.
At their November '06 meeting,
Bookbounders crowned Robyn
for acquisition of her story,
The
Dinner Bucket
by Highlights for
Children
and acquisition of her
poem,
Gray Fox by Cricket
Magazine Group for publication in
Spider magazine.
In April, Book Bounders went
on a field trip to the Emory
Carlos Museum.  Fellow author
and docent, Vicky Alvear
Shecter, gave us a special
private tour of this special
treasure right here in Atlanta!  
Pictured L to R are: Robyn
Hood Black, K.D. Graham
Denise Carleton, Donna
Bowman, Paula Puckett and
Heather Kolich.

Book Bounders were not only
having fun, but were working as
well.  Below is the group
attending a private critique
session with Editorial Coach,
Jen Weiss Handler.
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of Book Bounders!