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A few things to know about Dale:
*She’s an actress, junior high school teacher (drama, journalism, and art), published playwright (Waiting for Mr. G.), and author of her first novel, Finding Juliet;
*She met world leaders as a child ambassador for peace (Norway, USSR, India, China, Japan);
*She produced the first K-12 interactive school newspaper (search for “JJHS Journalism Makes History!”);
*She appeared onstage professionally as Mrs. Frank in the Sacramento Theatre Co production of The Diary of Anne Frank;
*She doesn’t play sports that require her to wear a helmet;
*She lives on a 43-acre ranch in the Sierra Nevada foothills, with cows, a bearded dragon, a corn snake, snails (garden and aquatic types), a cat, a dog, a husband, and two kids.

PHOTO: ERYN BROWN

So Many Animals! A Child’s Book of Poetry, an anthology of poems about animals, each with its own coloring-book-style illustration, recently received a Silver Award from the Mom’s Choice Awards. Kirkus Reviews called the book “A delightful poetry anthology that readers of all ages will enjoy.” The book was featured at Midtown Reader’s Kidtown Story & Craft Time on April 15. Editor M.R. Street and illustrator Barbara Psimas introduced the kids to several forms of poetry safari and led a fun bookmark-making craft.

Susan Koehler’s middle-grade novel, Nobody Kills Uncle Buster and Gets Away with It, won first place in the Royal Palm Literary Awards, but that wasn’t the biggest news of the evening at the Florida Writers Association’s annual awards banquet. Uncle Buster went on to be named FWA’s Children’s Book of the Year! Congratulations, Susan!