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Grannie Annie News — 2010 / Vol. 5
Vol. 5 Author Speaks to Fourth Grade Class
On May 16, 2011, Andrew W. Malphurs, author of the Grannie Annie, Vol. 5, story "Grandpa's Saddle," was a guest speaker in a fourth grade classroom at Holt Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Andrew appeared at the invitation of executive writing coach Dr. Marcia Riley, who was conducting pro bono writing classes in her grandson's classroom.
Vol. 5 News
- Click here for a photo album of the second annual Grannie Annie Gathering, held on June 5th in St. Louis. Once again Grannie Annie authors read to a standing-room-only crowd. If you would like to arrange a book signing in your area, we can help. Please contact us by e-mail or call us at 314-863-0775 or 1-888-641-5353.
- Grannie Annie is on TV! See (and hear) The Grannie Annie authors from Moldova, on Moldovan TV.
- View the illustrations to be published in Grannie Annie, Vol. 5.
- Sneak a peek at Grannie Annie, Vol. 5.
- Read the Grannie Annie, Vol. 5 stories (as well as the other pages of The Grannie Annie website) in any of over 50 languages, thanks to our new Google Translate tool.
- Learn about these Volume 5 authors:
Above, left: Grannie Annie authors from Ohio. Photo courtesy of The Mirror Newspaper. Above, right: A Grannie Annie author at her computer. Photo and article courtesy of Gazette.net.
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Above, left and right: The Georgia author of "Grandpa's Saddle" is the star of "Family History Rides On," published by Forsyth County News. Photos courtesy of Emily Saunders and Forsyth County News.
- Please join us for the second annual Grannie Annie Gathering, featuring an author reading, an art show, and a book signing. Everyone is invited! The event will be held at Left Bank Books, 321 N. 10th Street in St. Louis, on Saturday, June 5, at 2:00 p.m. Please note this is the downtown location of Left Bank Books.
All storykeepers and artists will be recognized, and those who have had their work published in Grannie Annie will have an opportunity to take part in the program: Authors may read at least an excerpt from their work (or, if they prefer, have someone else read it for them). Artists may tell why they chose to illustrate the stories as they did (we'll give you a few questions to consider ahead of time). So we can plan the program, we need to know which published authors and artists are planning to attend. If you are expecting to join us for this event and you have not yet responded, please contact us by e-mail or call us at 314-863-0775 or 1-888-641-5353 by Monday, May 31. Let us know your name, story title, and the volume of Grannie Annie that includes your work. We look forward to meeting you!
- If you would like to arrange a book signing in your area, we are happy to help. Please contact us by e-mail or call us at 314-863-0775 or 1-888-641-5353.
- Stories by Nebraska Grannie Annie authors Colin Oakley and Sydney Pfeifer appeared in the Silver Salute, a once-monthly special section of The Grand Island Independent.
- Several St. Louis-area Grannie Annie authors were honored in their Suburban Journal.
- Authors, please let us know if you have received recognition in an online or print newspaper. We want to celebrate with you! Send your happy news to us at news@thegrannieannie.org.
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Click here to sneak a peek at Grannie Annie, Vol. 5
Click here to see the illustrations in Grannie Annie, Vol. 5
Click here to read the stories published in Grannie Annie, Vol. 5
Click here for a list of Volume 5 story titles, and author and illustrator names
Click here to order books
March 2010 Note to Storykeepers
For three weeks now, twenty judges have been reading and rereading your amazing stories. And there were so many stories – significantly more than ever before, from across the United States and from three additional countries!
Every story was read by at least three judges, and many stories were read by as many as seven judges. Stories were read over and over again, discussed and considered and enjoyed. But in the end, decisions had to be made.
What does a Grannie Annie judge look for?
- Did the author follow the guidelines?
- Is the story memorable?
- Is it well told?
- Does it provide a glimpse of life in times past?
- Does it take the reader to a specific place?
- Does it address a topic or depict a time and place that haven’t been part of an earlier volume?
- Will including the story in the book help create a pleasing collection?
Thank you for sharing your very important stories. We love them all, and we are happy to be able to share some of them with the world, through Grannie Annie, Vol. 5. One more point to keep in mind as you consider the list of stories selected for publication is that we received about three times as many stories from middle school students this year as from elementary school students.
Grannie Annie on the Radio, with StoryCorps
Fran and Connie were delighted to spread the news about The Grannie Annie on KWMU radio, St. Louis's NPR affiliate, on the day before Thanksgiving, 2009. You can still listen to the show through the station's archives. It is an interesting and varied program, including a conversation with a StoryCorps representative and featuring "Black Bear's Paw," a hair-raising story from Grannie Annie, Volume 4.
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