/tags/dcf-book-award DCF Book Award en-US żŞÔĆĚĺÓý Tue, 09 May 2017 20:02:21 GMT /vpr-news/2017-05-09/dorothys-list-wwii-novel-the-war-that-saved-my-life-addresses-child-abuse The War That Saved My Life, by author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, is a World War II-era story about a girl and her brother who have a chance to escapeâ€� Tue, 09 May 2017 20:02:21 GMT /vpr-news/2017-05-09/dorothys-list-wwii-novel-the-war-that-saved-my-life-addresses-child-abuse Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2017-03-31/dorothys-list-george-tells-transgender-girls-story-encourages-kids-to-be-who-they-are The debut novel by Alex Gino is called George, which is also the name of the main character. But Gino refers to it as Melissa's story.George is a fourthâ€� Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:25:58 GMT /vpr-news/2017-03-31/dorothys-list-george-tells-transgender-girls-story-encourages-kids-to-be-who-they-are Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2017-03-13/dorothys-list-a-night-divided-takes-readers-behind-the-berlin-wall Students at Waterville Elementary School are gathered around a classroom table, deep in discussion about the characters in A Night Divided, especially theâ€� Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:13:19 GMT /vpr-news/2017-03-13/dorothys-list-a-night-divided-takes-readers-behind-the-berlin-wall Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2017-02-06/dorothys-list-graphic-novel-roller-girl-puts-a-new-spin-on-a-coming-of-age-story If books are supposed to open up new worlds to readers, then Victoria Jamieson's graphic novel Roller Girl has hit its mark with a group of young readersâ€� Mon, 06 Feb 2017 21:21:23 GMT /vpr-news/2017-02-06/dorothys-list-graphic-novel-roller-girl-puts-a-new-spin-on-a-coming-of-age-story Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2017-01-02/dorothys-list-shadows-of-sherwood-takes-on-timely-political-themes Sixth-graders from the Vermont Commons School in South Burlington file into Pierson Library and head up a short set of stairs to a grand room: Shelburne'sâ€� Mon, 02 Jan 2017 17:45:00 GMT /vpr-news/2017-01-02/dorothys-list-shadows-of-sherwood-takes-on-timely-political-themes Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2016-10-06/dorothys-list-circus-mirandus One long table dominates the open space in the center of the tiny, 150-year-old Peabody Library in Post Mills. Around that table, a group of Dorothy'sâ€� Thu, 06 Oct 2016 20:25:17 GMT /vpr-news/2016-10-06/dorothys-list-circus-mirandus Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2016-06-16/cece-bell-in-vermont-to-accept-dorothy-canfield-fisher-award Author and illustrator Cece Bell was in Montpelier Wednesday night. The author of the graphic memoir El Deafo was in Vermont to accept this year’s Dorothyâ€� Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:57:45 GMT /vpr-news/2016-06-16/cece-bell-in-vermont-to-accept-dorothy-canfield-fisher-award Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2016-05-02/el-deafo-wins-dorothy-canfield-fisher-award More than 3,200 Vermont middle schoolers voted for this year’s Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, and it was a tight race. But in the end El Deafo was a clearâ€� Mon, 02 May 2016 19:32:11 GMT /vpr-news/2016-05-02/el-deafo-wins-dorothy-canfield-fisher-award Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2016-04-04/dorothys-list-the-one-safe-place Library time at the Marlboro School is something of an oasis in the midst of a hectic day. Students in this reading group are serving each other tea andâ€� Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:27:11 GMT /vpr-news/2016-04-04/dorothys-list-the-one-safe-place Amy Kolb Noyes /vpr-news/2016-03-07/dorothys-list-the-art-of-secrets When this group of students from Burlington's Hunt and Edmunds Middle Schools got together to discuss The Art of Secrets, some of them were meeting forâ€� Mon, 07 Mar 2016 20:21:18 GMT /vpr-news/2016-03-07/dorothys-list-the-art-of-secrets Amy Kolb Noyes