by Annie Boochever | Author Tours
Monday, February 14 Fueled by a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum and enthusiastic support from the Homer Friends of the Library, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, I kissed my sweetie goodbye. Decked out in my ‘Alaska’ boots and a super-warm, puffy jacket, took...
by Annie Boochever | Author Tours
Tuesday, Feb. 15 8:00 AM, and, of course, still dark. I scrambled into my gear for a morning ski. Homer Friends of the Library Board member Judy Gonsalves drove me to the Lookout Mountain x-country trail system where her husband was working the grooming machine. Thank...
by Annie Boochever | Author Tours
Wednesday, February 16 School was cancelled due to icy roads! No Middle School presentation. I was sorry to miss it, but the conditions really were treacherous. Instead I walked the Bishop’s beach, thanks to ice cleats attached to my trusty boots, with fellow...
by Annie Boochever | Fighter in Velvet Gloves
When I taught High School English in Juneau, I depended on study guides to support the various books we read. They saved me a lot of work and gave my curriculum a backbone. I could always adjust the guides to fit my classroom’s needs, but the basics were there...
by Annie Boochever | Event
It’s only been three short weeks since my visit to Fairbanks, compliments of the Tanana Valley League of Women Voters. But the pre-coronavirus world seems like ages ago. Featured Speaker at Noel Wien Library and Fairbanks’ Schools Monday evening, Feb. 24th, I...
by Liorah | Event, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
Annie Boochever will give a talk about her book, Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich on Monday, February 24, 2020, from 6:30–8:45 PM at the Noel Wien Public Library Auditorium at 1215 Cowles Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. This event...
by Liorah | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 selected Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich as one of the titles to be honored this year on the Rise 2020 Booklist. Each year Rise: A Feminist Book Project recommends recent books with...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
The books that appear in Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People list are annotated and were evaluated and selected by a Book Review Committee appointed by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and assembled in cooperation with the Children’s Book...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
Are you looking for best books by or about American Indians? First Nations? American Indians in Children’s Literature chose Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich for Best Books Published in 2019! “A primary purpose of...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
I was so pleased and excited to receive this notification in my in-box yesterday. “Congratulations on receiving Top Honors. Each year Literary Classics recognizes the most distinguished books for children and young adults through their International and Top...
by Annie Boochever | Awards, Fighter in Velvet Gloves
I didn’t know how rigorous publication with a University Press would be until I began working with the University of Alaska Press on Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich. This is an enlightening article about that process,...
by Annie Boochever | Interviews
Traci Sorell is an award-winning children’s-YA author. She is also an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation who covers children’s-YA writing, illustration, publishing and other book news from Indigenous authors and illustrators for Cynsations, Cynthia Leitich...
by Annie Boochever | Alaska Tour 2019
I am flying off to begin my big Alaska tour next week. I will be visiting schools, libraries, and different associations on a tour that stops in seven different Alaskan cities from Sept 26 – Oct 12. If you are nearby, please come and see me and get signed...
by Annie Boochever | Alaska Tour 2019
Bethel Day 1 – 4 | This Alaska Book Week Tour is the result of the hard work and effort of many librarians, for which I have new appreciation. Not only do they keep the public happy feeding them great books, they are also brilliant at assisting people like me in...
by Annie Boochever | Alaska Tour 2019
Utqiagvik (Pt. Barrow) Day 5: Monday 9/30 | I’m definitely not in Bellingham anymore. There were 4-wheelers parked out front of the high school in Utqiagvik (Pt. Barrow) provide teens with transportation that can handle the salty sea air, sand and mud in summer, and...
