(DLA Las Piñas GS LRC) December Book of the Month - Notes from a Liar and Her Dog

Notes From a Liar and Her Dog is Newbery Honor-winning American writer Gennifer Choldenko's first novel. It was published in 2001.

Regarding the conception of the book, Choldenko says in her official website (http://www.choldenko.com):

"When I got the idea for Notes from a Liar and her Dog, we’d just sold our house in Oakland and moved to this odd little place in Mill Valley.

No one liked the new house because it felt like it had been built with a stapler. The cabinet doors fell off when you opened them. The roof leaked in 11 different places.

When it was cold, freezing wind blew right through the house and on a pleasantly warm day the place was unbearably hot.

A few weeks after we moved in, I woke up in the middle of the night and began writing in the voice of the main character, Ant. I don’t know where Ant came from, but her voice was so urgent she would not let me sleep."

It has received many awards:

• ALA Notable Recording
• Audiofile Earphones Award
• California Book Award
• California Collection Book 2005 (Elementary and Middle School)
• Center for Children’s Books Best Books of 2001
• IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Book
• School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
• US Department of Education: Books That Can Support Character Development

...And was Children's Choice Nominee:

• Hawaii Nene Award
• Maine Student Book Award
• Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
• Michigan Readers' Choice Award
• Missouri Recommended New Books
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice
• Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
• West Virginia Children's Book Award