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Raising Bookworms Receives Living Now Book Award Silver Medal

  • Emma Walton Hamilton
  • September 6th, 2009
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April, 2009 – “Raising Bookworms” wins a Living Now Book Award silver medal in the Parenting Activities Category! The Living Now Book Awards recognize books that help readers help themselves, to learn about enriching their lives in wholesome, Earth-friendly ways. Lifestyle publishing categories such as home, health, family and personal development are the fastest-growing segments of book publishing today, and the Living Now Book Awards help demonstrate the importance of these books to readers and their vitalityin the marketplace.

Read the Press Release about the Living Now Book Award!

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