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Bryan Collier, Children's Book Council, heather henson, Lift Your Light a Little Higher

“Lift Your Light” Named a Notable Social Studies Book

May 31, 2017 timmuky

Exciting news!

The Children’s Book Council has named Lift Your Light A Little Higher a 2017 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People in the K to Grade 2 category!

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Look who came to visit me!!!! Can’t wait for Mad Look who came to visit me!!!! Can’t wait for Maddy to be back in the box office @pioneerplayhouse this year!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Terrific questions from the audience. Terrific pan Terrific questions from the audience. Terrific panel to be on. I learned a lot from @davidbellnovels @jennifer_lynn_alvarez and @jodyfeldman about writing YA thrillers! #sokybookfest #sokybf2023 #yalit #yathriller
Scenes from a really good day @sokybookfest in BG, Scenes from a really good day @sokybookfest in BG, KY. So many kids, including fans from last year who came back to tell me how much they loved Wrecked. What it’s all about: connecting with young readers. ❤️. Back here tomorrow from 9-2 so come on out! 📚#sokybf2023 #sokybookfest #simonteen #yalit #yawriter #writerlife
The signing of flesh begins @sokybookfest in BG!! The signing of flesh begins @sokybookfest in BG!! Love these kids and their enthusiasm for books and authors!!!! Feeling like a rock star today!! 🤣🤘📚#sokybookfest #sokybf2023
And so it begins!!! Hundreds of KY school kids com And so it begins!!! Hundreds of KY school kids coming through @sokybookfest all day!!! Comeand see me if you’re in BG!!! #sokybookfest #sokybf2023
Party Down Benefit for Jan Sheffield!! April 29, 7 Party Down Benefit for Jan Sheffield!! April 29, 7pm-11 pm. One day, our own Jan Sheffield was wowing Pioneer Playhouse audiences in Southern Fried Nuptials; the next, she was being rushed to a Lexington hospital for emergency surgery to combat a sudden and rare infection in her spine. Since then, Jan has been in a quadriplegic state. At every turn, there have been huge obstacles, but Jan continues to defy the odds! Jan is a fighter! With her amazing husband, Jeff Cooper, constantly at her side, she continues to redefine what is possible. So many of you have helped already—thank you!!!! But Jan needs 24/7 care, and all the physical therapy and medical equipment and home-care support that goes with that is, quite frankly, astronomical. Pioneer Playhouse adores Jan and Jeff, and so we are throwing a Party Down for Jan Benefit here on Saturday, April 29th from 7-11 pm. Michael Fly and The Sounds will be grooving live on our indoor stage, and local restaurateurs and distillers are donating food and drink. A $25 cover will include food; the bar will be cash/credit. No silent auction, but we will have donation boxes at the event. All proceeds go to Jan and Jeff. This is a fundraiser, but it’s also a celebration! Come on out and join together with Jan and Jeff and the rest of this awesome community to celebrate what strength looks like, and what the power of love and hope can do! Direct link to tix: https://pioneerplayhouse.csstix.com/event-details.php?e=168
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This morning: homemade French toast and berry comp This morning: homemade French toast and berry compote a la Lila! Yum!!!! ❤️
Warming up for tonight’s performance of I COME F Warming up for tonight’s performance of I COME FROM A Festival of Short Plays by Incarcerated Writers. Powerful stuff. Pioneer Playhouse/Antagonist Productions. #pammillerdowntownartscenter #voicesinside #pioneerplayhouse #antagonistproductions #nea #kac
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Where I’ll be tonight! If you’re in Lex, check Where I’ll be tonight! If you’re in Lex, check it out. A few seats still available. Opening tonight at 8:00 pm at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center in Lexington!! A Voices Inside Short Play Festival! Produced in collaboration with Antagonist Productions. A few seats still available!! Please join us!! https://ci.ovationtix.com/36286/production/1151338
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