The winners of the 2022 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards have been announced by Story Monsters LLC. Celebrating excellence in children’s literature, this year’s Grand Prize Winner is The Power of Kindness Through the Eyes of Children by Ruth Maille.

“We focus on edu-taining children’s books and have built a team that has become a trusted resource for our clients,” said Linda F. Radke, president of Story Monsters LLC and publisher of Story Monsters Press. “We want young readers and their caregivers to be inspired when they read a book published by Story Monsters Press.”

Loss is a powerful experience for any child, especially when that loss involves a member of their family. In her latest children’s book, Finding Joy (Story Monsters Press), author Raven Howell helps children navigate the painful—and often confusing—feelings that arise from the death of a loved one.

Story Monsters Ink®—the website, not the magazine—is moving to a new home. All the latest information about the award-winning monthly magazine, published by Story Monsters LLC, will now be available at www.storymonstersink.com.

Storytelling is an integral part of all human teaching and learning—past, present and future. Award-winning children’s author Conrad J. Storad has written a new book, Story Monsters Among Us: A Brief History of Human Storytelling (Story Monsters Press), to offer children, ages seven years and up, a glimpse into the evolution of storytelling through time. Whether it’s parents reading this time-traveling adventure to their children, or teachers and librarians reading it with their students, adults are sure to be reminded of the stories they heard growing up, while children will be inspired to tell their own stories.

Just as she created the world of a little Bupbub, author Ann P. Borrmann has created a magical, new website, www.annborrmann.com, to house her book, The Jolly Bupbup, and future lovable children’s books.

Story Monsters LLC has announced the winners of the 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards, including Grand Prize Winner untold: defining moments of the uprooted by Gabrielle Deonath and Kamini Ramdeen, and $100 Drawing Winner I Love You… Bigger Than the Sky by Michelle Medlock Adams.

The Windy City’s viaduct system, designed to support rail and vehicular traffic, unintentionally created neighborhoods decidedly distinct from one another. Debra Kaplan Low grew up in one of these areas known as the Manor.

What makes you monster magnificent? This is the question that students in grades two through seven answered in their poetry submissions to the Monster Magnificent Children’s Poetry Contest. Featuring the winning student poems and artwork, I am Monster Magnificent: A Collection of Student Poems and Artwork (Story Monsters Press), compiled by award-winning author and poet Raven Howell and illustrated by Sarah Gledhill, is the culmination of the yearlong contest sponsored by Story Monsters LLC.

Winners of the 2020 Story Monsters Approved program have been announced and How to Cure a Mine Monster by Brittany Plumeri, illustrated by Zuzana Svobodova, is the 2020 Story Monsters Approved Book of the Year. Selected from over 250 entries that earned a Story Monsters Approved designation this year, How to Cure a Mine Monster received a perfect score from the judges in the Picture Book category, one of the criteria for Book of the Year consideration.

Educators know that students take pride in seeing their literary works on the classroom bulletin board. Imagine then the quantum leap in students’ self-confidence when their writing projects are published in book form. School Express Press, a a division of Story Monsters LLC, is helping schools make that a reality by taking students’ works and publishing them.