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Updates Archive
11/16/12
Mary was a guest blogger at Kirby Larson's site!
11/7/12
The Blog Pet Talk has written a nice review of Nubs. Check it out here!
11/7/12
Jenn Eisenberg, a dancer and educator with National Dance Institute NYC, with Tau Braun, has created a Post-Hurricane Sandy lesson plan on her website, in which she uses The Two Bobbies. Please support her site and and you can view her lesson plan on the Press Kit page of our site!
10/28/12
Nubs has won the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award for 2012!
10/28/12
The Two Bobbies has been nominated for the Minnesota Fifteen Books Award!
10/28/12
Nubs has been selected for Silicon Valley Reads!
8/17/12
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts read Nubs to a class at Shideler Elementary School! You can read about it here.
5/17/12
Chuck Sambuchino, over at WritersDigest.com, has published an interview with Mary and Kirby Larson on the issue of publishing. Read it here!
5/24/12
The Two Bobbies has been nominated for the 2012-2013 Florida Reading Association's Children's Book Award!
5/23/12
The Two Bobbies is now available as a part of the Scholastic School Book Club!
5/14/12
Nubs has won the Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award!
4/23/12
Nubs has been nominated for the 2012-2013 California Young Reader Medal!
3/21/2012
Two new reviews of The Famous Nini! Click here and here!
3/19/2012
Another great review for Nubs!
1/4/2012
A great review for Nini to kick off the new year!
12/19/2011
Mr. Schu has put together a great review of Two Bobbies! You can check it out here.
12/19/2011
Nubs is the December 2011 Book of the Month for Public School 69 in the Bronx, NY!
11/3/2011
Interviews ahoy! New interviews with Mary can be found at the following bloss:
San Fransisco Moms Deal Finder
Peace, Love and Rainbows!
The Encino Library
10/23/2011
Mary Nethery was part of this year's Humboldt County Author Festival 2011, and the Examiner has a nice recap of the event.
10/13/2011
Barb Langridge, host of Baltimore's cable television show Books Alive, and children's book contributor to WBAL TV Channel 11 (NBC) in Baltimore, has posted a review of Nubs on her blog A Book and a Hug!
9/27/2011
While this is an older article (from 2008), it has a nice write-up about Two Bobbies.
8/21/2011
JoAnn Bauer has given Nini a nice write-up in the Times-Standard!
8/5/2011
The blog Churches in Venice has posted a review of Nini!
7/27/2011
Nubs has won the Maine Student Book Award!
Also, Nubs has been included in the Frederick County Public Schools' and Frederick Public Libraries' 100 most exciting books for summer reading for grades 3-5! Click here to read the announcement.
7/5/2011
Two Bobbies has won the Nevada Young Readers' Picture Book Award! Click here to read the announcement.
7/4/2011
A great review of Nubs has been posted on PajamasMedia!
5/3/2011
Two Bobbies has won the 2011 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award!
4/18/2011
Nubs has won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award for grades 3-5!
3/15/2011
Nubs has been nominated for the 2011-12 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award for Oregon!
3/13/2011
The School Library Journal has included Mary Nethery and Nubs in a recent article. Click here to read it.
3/9/2011
The Two Bobbies has won the 2011 Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award!
3/6/2011
2/23/2011
Irina Shayk, the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, appeared on Chelsea Lately last night. She brought a gift bag for Chelsea, which included a copy of Nubs!
2/17/2011
Nubs has won the 2011 Michigan Great Lakes Great Books award!
2/14/2011
The blog Welcome to our Wonderland is featuring Mary's work all week -- one book each day! Click here to check it out!
2/10/2011
The 2011 Children's Literature Conference is being held in Bellingham, WA this year, and they have scattered over 30 books around the city, including Two Bobbies! Click here to read an article about it.
2/9/2011
Two Bobbies has been selected by the Wayland Public Library, in Wayland, Massachusetts, for their Waylands Reads youth program!
2/7/2011
Two Bobbies has been featured on the Books We Love blog, run by the Park Ridge Public Library Staff in Park Ridge, IL!
1/30/2011
Nubs received a great mention on the blog She Endeavors!
1/20/2011
The American Library Association has chosen Two Bobbies for their 2011 Notable Children's Videos of the Year!
1/11/2011
Nubs and Two Bobbies have been included in an article titled What Are They Reading for Fun? published by the School Library Journal!
1/9/2011
Two Bobbies has been placed on the recommended elementary library reading list by the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Reads program!
1/4/2011
The blog Diary of an Eccentric has placed The Famous Nini on their Best Books of 2010 list, and selected it as one of their top-five favorites!
12/22/2010
Two Bobbies has been selected by Westport, CN's WestportREADS community reading program!
12/19/2010
A review of Nubs has been posted on the Yes Kids Can! blog.
12/13/2010
Two updates! If you'd like to take a peek at Mary and Kirby's work spaces, click here!
Also, a new review of Nubs has been posted at Carol's Corner!
10/26/2010
Mary and Kirby recently visited Horace Mann Elementary School in Redmond, WA. Read about it here.
10/23/2010
Two Bobbies has been selected by the Sussex Wantage Regional School District in northern New Jersey as their picture book for the annual One Book One Community reading event.
Read about it here!
9/9/2010
The Press Kit page has been updated with some classroom activities for Two Bobbies as well as bookmarks that you can download and print out!
9/7/2010
Two Bobbies has been selected by the National Humane Education Society as the Featured Book of the Month!
9/6/2010
Mundie Kids: Book Review has given The Famous Nini four stars!
9/3/2010
The blog The Fourth Musketeer has posted a wonderful review of The Famous Nini!
9/2/2010
The blog Writer on the Side has posted an interview with Mary and Kirby about what it is like to write a book together. Check it out here!
Jeff Barger, of the blog NC Teacher Stuff, has posted a review of The Famous Nini. Click here to read it!
Finally, the blog Check It Out has a review of The Two Bobbies. You can read it here!
8/20/2010
The Paw Print Post has posted a wonderful review of the Two Bobbies! Check it out here!
The Diary of an Eccentric blog has reviewed the Famous Nini! Check it out here!
A great review of Nubs has been posted at the Read Around the Room blog! Check it out!
8/7/2010
A whole bunch of news!
First, the Two Bobbies has been included in NOVAdog Magazine's "Dog Days of Summer" reading list.
A great new review of Nubs has been posted on examiner.com.
Finally, the Two Bobbies has won the 2009-2010 Bronson Award!
7/15/10
The blog Words and Pages has posted an awesome review of Two Bobbies!
7/7/10
Elizabeth Varadan has posted an awesome review of The Famous Nini on her blog Elizabeth Varadan's Fourth Wish!
7/1/10
The blog Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast has posted an interview with John Manders, the illustrator of The Famous Nini.
Also, Phillip Potempa from The Times of Northwest Indiana has posted a great review for The Famous Nini! Click on the links to read!
6/11/10
Nubs: the Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle has been nominated for it's fifth state award -- the 2011 Delaware Diamonds Book Award!
Kirby Larson has posted an interesting interview with Mary Nethery on her blog, Kirby's Lane, and it even details how they met and became friends!
Click here to check it out!
6/10/10
Mary and her new book The Famous Nini
Click here to check it out!
6/3/10
The blog CYNSATIONS has posted an interview with Mary and Kirby's muses are profiled in Publisher's Weekly!
Mary was a guest blogger at Kirby Larson's site!
11/7/12
The Blog Pet Talk has written a nice review of Nubs. Check it out here!
11/7/12
Jenn Eisenberg, a dancer and educator with National Dance Institute NYC, with Tau Braun, has created a Post-Hurricane Sandy lesson plan on her website, in which she uses The Two Bobbies. Please support her site and and you can view her lesson plan on the Press Kit page of our site!
10/28/12
Nubs has won the Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award for 2012!
10/28/12
The Two Bobbies has been nominated for the Minnesota Fifteen Books Award!
10/28/12
Nubs has been selected for Silicon Valley Reads!
8/17/12
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts read Nubs to a class at Shideler Elementary School! You can read about it here.
5/17/12
Chuck Sambuchino, over at WritersDigest.com, has published an interview with Mary and Kirby Larson on the issue of publishing. Read it here!
5/24/12
The Two Bobbies has been nominated for the 2012-2013 Florida Reading Association's Children's Book Award!
5/23/12
The Two Bobbies is now available as a part of the Scholastic School Book Club!
5/14/12
Nubs has won the Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award!
4/23/12
Nubs has been nominated for the 2012-2013 California Young Reader Medal!
3/21/2012
Two new reviews of The Famous Nini! Click here and here!
3/19/2012
Another great review for Nubs!
1/4/2012
A great review for Nini to kick off the new year!
12/19/2011
Mr. Schu has put together a great review of Two Bobbies! You can check it out here.
12/19/2011
Nubs is the December 2011 Book of the Month for Public School 69 in the Bronx, NY!
11/3/2011
Interviews ahoy! New interviews with Mary can be found at the following bloss:
San Fransisco Moms Deal Finder
Peace, Love and Rainbows!
The Encino Library
10/23/2011
Mary Nethery was part of this year's Humboldt County Author Festival 2011, and the Examiner has a nice recap of the event.
10/13/2011
Barb Langridge, host of Baltimore's cable television show Books Alive, and children's book contributor to WBAL TV Channel 11 (NBC) in Baltimore, has posted a review of Nubs on her blog A Book and a Hug!
9/27/2011
While this is an older article (from 2008), it has a nice write-up about Two Bobbies.
8/21/2011
JoAnn Bauer has given Nini a nice write-up in the Times-Standard!
8/5/2011
The blog Churches in Venice has posted a review of Nini!
7/27/2011
Nubs has won the Maine Student Book Award!
Also, Nubs has been included in the Frederick County Public Schools' and Frederick Public Libraries' 100 most exciting books for summer reading for grades 3-5! Click here to read the announcement.
7/5/2011
Two Bobbies has won the Nevada Young Readers' Picture Book Award! Click here to read the announcement.
7/4/2011
A great review of Nubs has been posted on PajamasMedia!
5/3/2011
Two Bobbies has won the 2011 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award!
4/18/2011
Nubs has won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award for grades 3-5!
3/15/2011
Nubs has been nominated for the 2011-12 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award for Oregon!
3/13/2011
The School Library Journal has included Mary Nethery and Nubs in a recent article. Click here to read it.
3/9/2011
The Two Bobbies has won the 2011 Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award!
3/6/2011
The State Library of Louisiana has announced the winners for their 2011 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards -- and Two Bobbies won the top choice for third to fifth graders! Click here to read the article.
Irina Shayk, the 2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model, appeared on Chelsea Lately last night. She brought a gift bag for Chelsea, which included a copy of Nubs!
2/17/2011
Nubs has won the 2011 Michigan Great Lakes Great Books award!
2/14/2011
The blog Welcome to our Wonderland is featuring Mary's work all week -- one book each day! Click here to check it out!
2/10/2011
The 2011 Children's Literature Conference is being held in Bellingham, WA this year, and they have scattered over 30 books around the city, including Two Bobbies! Click here to read an article about it.
2/9/2011
Two Bobbies has been selected by the Wayland Public Library, in Wayland, Massachusetts, for their Waylands Reads youth program!
2/7/2011
Two Bobbies has been featured on the Books We Love blog, run by the Park Ridge Public Library Staff in Park Ridge, IL!
1/30/2011
Nubs received a great mention on the blog She Endeavors!
1/20/2011
The American Library Association has chosen Two Bobbies for their 2011 Notable Children's Videos of the Year!
1/11/2011
Nubs and Two Bobbies have been included in an article titled What Are They Reading for Fun? published by the School Library Journal!
1/9/2011
Two Bobbies has been placed on the recommended elementary library reading list by the Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Reads program!
1/4/2011
The blog Diary of an Eccentric has placed The Famous Nini on their Best Books of 2010 list, and selected it as one of their top-five favorites!
12/22/2010
Two Bobbies has been selected by Westport, CN's WestportREADS community reading program!
12/19/2010
A review of Nubs has been posted on the Yes Kids Can! blog.
12/13/2010
Two updates! If you'd like to take a peek at Mary and Kirby's work spaces, click here!
Also, a new review of Nubs has been posted at Carol's Corner!
10/26/2010
Mary and Kirby recently visited Horace Mann Elementary School in Redmond, WA. Read about it here.
10/23/2010
Two Bobbies has been selected by the Sussex Wantage Regional School District in northern New Jersey as their picture book for the annual One Book One Community reading event.
Read about it here!
9/9/2010
The Press Kit page has been updated with some classroom activities for Two Bobbies as well as bookmarks that you can download and print out!
9/7/2010
Two Bobbies has been selected by the National Humane Education Society as the Featured Book of the Month!
9/6/2010
Mundie Kids: Book Review has given The Famous Nini four stars!
9/3/2010
The blog The Fourth Musketeer has posted a wonderful review of The Famous Nini!
9/2/2010
The blog Writer on the Side has posted an interview with Mary and Kirby about what it is like to write a book together. Check it out here!
Jeff Barger, of the blog NC Teacher Stuff, has posted a review of The Famous Nini. Click here to read it!
Finally, the blog Check It Out has a review of The Two Bobbies. You can read it here!
8/20/2010
The Paw Print Post has posted a wonderful review of the Two Bobbies! Check it out here!
The Diary of an Eccentric blog has reviewed the Famous Nini! Check it out here!
A great review of Nubs has been posted at the Read Around the Room blog! Check it out!
8/7/2010
A whole bunch of news!
First, the Two Bobbies has been included in NOVAdog Magazine's "Dog Days of Summer" reading list.
A great new review of Nubs has been posted on examiner.com.
Finally, the Two Bobbies has won the 2009-2010 Bronson Award!
7/15/10
The blog Words and Pages has posted an awesome review of Two Bobbies!
7/7/10
Elizabeth Varadan has posted an awesome review of The Famous Nini on her blog Elizabeth Varadan's Fourth Wish!
7/1/10
The blog Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast has posted an interview with John Manders, the illustrator of The Famous Nini.
Also, Phillip Potempa from The Times of Northwest Indiana has posted a great review for The Famous Nini! Click on the links to read!
6/11/10
Nubs: the Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle has been nominated for it's fifth state award -- the 2011 Delaware Diamonds Book Award!
Kirby Larson has posted an interesting interview with Mary Nethery on her blog, Kirby's Lane, and it even details how they met and became friends!
Click here to check it out!
6/10/10
Mary and her new book The Famous Nini
Click here to check it out!
6/3/10
The blog CYNSATIONS has posted an interview with Mary and Kirby's muses are profiled in Publisher's Weekly!
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Mary's Books
Mary Nethery would like to express her appreciation to the following illustrators
who share in telling the stories and whose creative work adorns this web site.
Hannah and Jack--Illustrations (c) by Mary Morgan
Orange Cat Goes to Market--Illustrations (c) Doug Cushman
Mary Veronica's Egg--Illustrations (c) by Paul Yalowitz
Two Bobbies--Illustrations (c) by Jean Cassels
The Famous Nini--Illustrations (c) by John Manders
Collage Art on Home Page--(c) by Claudine Hellmuth
Additional Image Manipulation--Nathan Salerno
Webmaster--H.A. Nethery
Mary's Books
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Mary Nethery would like to express her appreciation to the following illustrators
who share in telling the stories and whose creative work adorns this web site.
Hannah and Jack--Illustrations (c) by Mary Morgan
Orange Cat Goes to Market--Illustrations (c) Doug Cushman
Mary Veronica's Egg--Illustrations (c) by Paul Yalowitz
Two Bobbies--Illustrations (c) by Jean Cassels
The Famous Nini--Illustrations (c) by John Manders
Collage Art on Home Page--(c) by Claudine Hellmuth
Additional Image Manipulation--Nathan Salerno
Webmaster--H.A. Nethery
