Name Linda Boyden | Role Poet | |
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Books The blue roses, Powwow's Coming, Giveaways: An ABC Book of Loanwords from the Americas | ||
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Linda Boyden is a poet and children's books writer.
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Background
Linda Boyden is of French-Canadian and Cherokee descent. She is an enrolled member of the United Lumbee Nation, an unrecognized tribe.
Awards
Linda received both the First Place Award and an Honorable Mention for her poems in the 5th Annual Pleasanton Poetry, Prose & Arts Festival. She was named Writer of the Year for Children's Books, 2002-2003 by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. The Blue Roses has received the 2003 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, in the pre-K-3 division, sponsored by The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. The book is also included in the University of Wisconsin, Madison's Cooperative Children's Books Center Choices 2003 list. In 2000, Linda won the Lee & Low Books first New Voices Award for her book The Blue Roses.