It’s been a wild ride for me since my first book, The Little Man In the Map, was released. As much as I always felt that it would be appreciated for the quality of its concept and its ability to teach, I never expected it to be the recipient of book awards.

First, The Little Man In the Map won Silver in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. I was ecstatic! My wife, Irma, and I traveled to Chicago to receive the award in person. (The trip was also a great excuse to sneak in a week of vacation and take in the sights of that marvelous city.)

The next award came more recently. It was the IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year Award for Most Original Concept. This award is especially meaningful, as it recognizes the books’ unique approach to teaching kids (and even their parents) the names, locations, and shapes of the U.S. states.

At the same time, The Little Man In the Map was Finalist in the ForWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards and in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

I hope you all excuse this bit of shameless bragging. But I am so very happy that the publicity generated by these awards is getting the word out that here is a book that not only makes learning the states easy and fun, but makes it easy to remember them, too.

Thanks for sharing the fun with me.

OK, now let’s start looking at FrogJumpUSA places to write about next time!

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