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The John Burroughs Association
Literary Awards Committee

Cordially invites you to attend the awards ceremony celebrating the 175th anniversary of the birth of nature writer John Burroughs in a presentation of

The 2012 John Burroughs 86th Annual Literary Awards Luncheon that will honor the winners of the...

Medal Award
Ted Hoagland, Sex and the River Styx, White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing (2011)

Nature Books for Young Readers Award
Sophie Webb, author, YAY Design, illustrator, Far from Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011)

Caitlin O'Connell & Donna M. Jackson, authors, Caitlin O'Connell & Timothy Rodwell, photographers, The Elephant Scientist, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011)

Peter Lourie, author and photographer, The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011)

Joyce Sidman, author, Beth Krommes, illustrator, Swirl by Swirl, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (2011)

Peggy Thomas, author, Laura Jacques, illustrator, For The Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson, Calkins Creek, an Imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc. (2011)

Outstanding Nature Essay Award
Brian Doyle, "The Creature Beyond the Mountains," Orion, September/October 2011

Monday, April 2, 2012

Luncheon begins at 12:00 p.m.

Award presentation 12:45 p.m.

The American Museum of Natural History
Islamic Court, Hall of Asian Peoples

For information and reservations: 212-769-5169
RSVP to breslof@amnh.org

Medal Awards
Nature Essay Awards
Young Readers Awards