Looks Who’s on the New York Times Best-Seller Lists!

Well, this is just a banner week for Writers’ League members appearing on the Jan. 31 New York Times best-seller list.

• Liz Garton Scanlon sits at #2 on the Picturebooks list with her Caldecott Honor book, All the World.
• Jacqueline Kelly’s Newbery Honor book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, is at #10 on the Chapter Books list.
• Kathi Appelt’s The Underneath, is at #8  on the Paperback Books list (among its awards: National Book Award finalist, 2009 Newbery Honor, and the 2009 WLT Book Award for Children’s Books)

And fellow Texan Rick Riordan is also riding high with Percy Jackson & the Olympians topping the Series list. Oh yeah, and there’s that Lighting Thief movie to look forward on Feb. 12!

Congrats to all!

Kristy’s Magical Discovery

A little bird (thanks Elaine!) told me that WLT member Kathi Appelt is a National Book Award Finalist! Wowza! Did I mention it was her debut novel?

The Texas Book Festival schedule is up here. Don’t forget to come visit us in booth # 123.