Surratt Courier

[Linda Anderson]

(05-31-2016 04:06 PM)Linda Anderson Wrote:  I received my June Courier today.

Thank you, Laurie, for including my Tassy Award news.

The Awards Ceremony is tomorrow night. It will be interesting to see if I meet any other Booth buffs there.

I didn't meet any other Booth buffs at the ceremony but keynote speaker Wendell Minor mentioned that he admired Lincoln. Wendell illustrated children's books Abe Lincoln Remembers by Robert Burleigh and Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Ann Turner which is about Lincoln's funeral train.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?u...or+lincoln

Wendell's speech was very inspiring. He started drawing as a child as a way of compensating for his dyslexia. He's illustrated many book covers including The Red Badge of Courage, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1776 and John Adams by David McCullough and Lincoln by David Herbert Donald.