C. E. Winters

Literary Arts in Oregon just announced that  Cut!  is a 2024 finalist for the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature, part of the Oregon Book Awards. What a tremendous honor!  The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Portland on April 8, 2024. Author Kwame Alexander will host the event.  If you'd like to attend the ceremony, you can purchase tickets through Literary Arts . To see the full list of 2024 Oregon Book Awards finalists, click on the following link: literary-arts.org/2024/01/announcing-the-2024-oregon-book-awards-finalists/ Thank you, Literary Arts ! Praise for Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation : ⭐ “Winters and Schu do an excellent job in telling the story of Reiniger . . . It is a story of hope, rejection, and determination, and is inspiring to all artists . . . A wonderful addition to public, school, and classroom collections.”  —   School Library Journal  (starred review)   ⭐  “With a refrain of ‘snip, sn