>Congrats to Sarah!

by Roger Sutton
Oct 17, 2007 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
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(photo courtesy of CNW Group)

Longtime Horn Book contributor (I swear, she must have started writing the "News from the North" column when she was twelve) Sarah Ellis has won the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award for Odd Man Out. And, in an oh-let's-be-vulgar shout out to any civic-minded U.S. banking corporation, she gets 20,000 smackers. Canadian, which is like a million in our money, right?
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Sarah Ellis

>Thanks pals. I'm just as happy as I look in the photo. I think I was actually 32 when I started N. from the N. but 32's the new 12, right? And the Canadian dollar is currently worth $1.03 U.S.
-- missgotbucks aka Sarah.

Posted : Oct 24, 2007 06:18

Monica Edinger

>Congratulations, Sarah!!!

Posted : Oct 18, 2007 08:06

tiselfar

>Whatever the ultimate value, that 20,000 clams should help Sarah with her ongoing recovery from librarianship. (where did I read her describing herself as a recovering librarian?) -- Betty in Minneapolis

p.s. what a delightful grin in that photo.

Posted : Oct 18, 2007 01:44

Anonymous

>Sorry, kt, but this was the point of Roger's joke, of course... With the value of the loonie going up against the US dollar, Sarah's winnings are now worth *more* here in the US, not less...

All the more reason to say, Huzzah!

Posted : Oct 18, 2007 01:42

KT Horning

>Not any more, it isn't. The loonie has been steadily gaining on the U.S. dollar and is now at about .99. It's a shame Sarah didn't win back when she started writing for the Horn Book in Grade 6 -- she'd have been a lot wealthier.

Anyway, congratulations, Sarah! It couldn't have happened to a nicer person.

Posted : Oct 18, 2007 04:18

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