Book of the Month

1st Annual Shore Kids & Family Connection Art Contest and Show

“Bring Your Favorite BOOK to Life”

The Shore Update is excited to announce our first annual Shore Kids & Family Connection Art Contest and Show. “We are always looking for ways to extend our community outreach and an art show and contest is amazing way to get the community more involved with Shore Kids Connection and its services,” says Cheri Hoffman, Shore Update owner. “A theme of bringing your favorite book to life was a no-brainer. We have always loved working the Queen Anne’s County Library and appreciate all they offer to our community.”

On Saturday, April 26 at our annual Shore Kids & Family Connection, the main hallway of the Kent Island High School will be transformed into a vivid display of all the entries. The winners will be revealed with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons in each age group. Then as visitors enjoy our local student talent, local children’s authors will be set up to chat with you and offer signed copies of their books. “Meeting these authors is a fantastic way to inspire children to read and signed copies of local books make great keepsakes and gifts,” adds Cheri.

Aside from fun prizes and county-wide recognition, the three first place winners will also have their entry recreated into a bookmark to be distributed throughout the county for the year.

The theme of the art contest is “Bring Your Favorite Book to Life.” What do you love about your favorite book? Is it a particular character, the way the book makes you feel, the pictures in the book, or something else? GET CREATIVE and let us showcase your talents!

CONTEST RULES:

•There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in three age divisions: preschool, elementary school and middle school.

•The deadline for entries is March 28.

•Include the name of the book on your artwork.

•Include child’s name, grade, school and parent’s email and phone on back of artwork.

•Artists must be QAC residents.

•Winners revealed at Shore Kids Connection on April 26; need not be present to win.

•All artwork can be used by the Shore Update and its partners in print and online.

•Winning entries can be picked up at the Shore Update office after showing is complete. For all other artwork… if you would like the artwork returned, you must pick it up at Shore Kids Connection between 2 and 3pm otherwise return cannot be guaranteed.

GUIDELINES FOR ENTRIES: 

•All entries must be on paper in any medium and no larger than 8.5x11.

•Artwork can be done in crayon, colored pencil, watercolor, paint, marker, computer design, collage… show your creativity!

•Entries can be dropped off at both the Kent Island and Centreville branches of the Queen Anne’s County Library and at the Mobile Library.

• The winners will be chosen by a team made up of a local artist, a Queen Anne’s County Library staff member, and our “Bring a Book to Life” sponsor.

•ALL entries will be displayed at Shore Kids connection on April 26 where the winners will be revealed.

PRIZES:

•Prizes and recognition for first place winners: $100; prize basket full of creativity goodies; artwork recreated into a bookmark to be handed out throughout the county;  artwork featured in the Shore Update; and artwork to be displayed after the event for our community to enjoy.

•Prizes and recognition for 2nd and 3rd place winners: prize basket full of creativity goodies; artwork featured in the Shore Update; and artwork to be displayed after the event for our community to enjoy.

Shore Kids and Family Connection is a free family event at Kent Island High School on Saturday, April 26 from 11am-2pm. The event is rain or shine (if it rains, outdoor activities will be moved indoors). Shore Kids and Family Connections features over 90 vendors, interactive activities, food, giveaways and community family resources. The event is also a fundraiser for Hospice’s Camp New Dawn, a retreat offering healing and support for grieving families.

For more information or if you have questions, please email office@shoreupdate.com. Be sure to like us on

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QAC Library Book of the Month PickHow to Winter by Kari Leibowitz

Most people associate winter with depressing darkness and cold, but this book explores how some of the countries with the longest winters (such as Scandinavia) are also the happiest. The book discusses not only the more well-known concepts of hygge and coziness, but also the benefits of actually going out into the cold and noticing nature. Far beyond general platitudes about getting through winter, the author provides tangible, actionable ideas of how to embrace it. As an Alabama transplant, I absolutely needed this book and cannot recommend it enough.