Taking risks

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I think what’s been so amazing about the Newbery Honors is that it has allowed me to take risks in other genres in writing. I don’t think I would have been able to make Babymouse, possibly if I hadn’t gotten a Newbery Honor for May Amelia because it sort of allowed me to have some confidence as a creator to try something a little different, a little riskier.

And so I’m forever grateful because it’s really allowed me to branch out creatively in different genres, so.

Winning the Newbery Honor has allowed Holm to branch out creatively into new genres.

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Jennifer Holm has always loved reading. She recalls this: “One of our neighbors said that his clearest memory of me as a child was watching me rake the lawn one-handed while I read a book with the other!” Holm has co-authored a series of graphic novels featuring a mouse (Babymouse) and an amoeba (Squish) and created a feline version of James Bond (The Stink Files). She has also published several Newbery Honor-winning historical fiction novels for middle grade readers inspired by stories from her own family.

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