Award count up to NINE!! 
There Are No Words has now earned nine literary awards.

They are:

Mom's Choice Award (Gold)
Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Bronze)
Creative Child Magazine's Seal of Approval
Parent-Tested, Parent-Approved Media Award
Eric Hoffer Award
International Book Award
IBBY's "Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities"
Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention
Nashville Book Festival Runner-up

Check out the book trailer for 
There Are No Words 
After weeks of editing and a few really hot days of filming, the book trailer for There Are No Words is finished.

We were very excited to see Jaxon, Oliver, Sarah and Dewey in their film debut. Here's the link to Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb8dX11uK1c

Big thanks are due to Heritage Farm Museum, The Colis P. Huntington Railway Historical Society and the family of Ali and Corinna Oliashirazi for use of their property in the video shoot.

Kindle version of There Are No Words 
now available 

We are pleased to announce the Kindle version of There Are No Words is now available at Amazon.com. Other eBook formats are also available later this month.

Hollywood Book Festival Award

There Are No Words has been selected as an Honorable Mention recipient at the 2010 Hollywood Book Festival.

International Book Award


There Are No Words has been selected as the winner of the 2010 International Book Award for the Young Adult Category.

The International Book Awards honors knowledge, creativity, wisdom and global cooperation through the written word.

Please see the link below with more information about the International Book Award. http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2010awardannoucement.html

Eric Hoffer Award

There Are No Words has been chosen as a winner for the Eric Hoffer Award.

The Eric Hoffer Award for short prose and books was established at the start of the 21st century as a means of opening a door to writing of significant merit. It honors the memory of the great American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing, as well as the independent spirit of small publishers. The winning stories and essays are published in Best New Writing, and the book awards are covered in the US Review of Books.

Please see the link below with more information about the Eric Hoffer Awards. http://www.hofferaward.com/HAbookwinners.html

IBBY Names There Are No Words
to "Outstanding Book" World Tour

There Are No Words has been chosen as an "Outstanding Book for Young People with Disabilities 2011" by the IBBY Documentation Centre in Norway. The book will be on permanent display at IBBY in Norway, and another copy will travel the world. The traveling exhibition will launch at the International Book Festival in Bologna, Italy.

IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People, is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people fromall over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.

Runner-Up at Nashville Book Festival

There Are No Words received "Runner Up" honors at the Nashville Book Festival this fall.

CNN Interviews Mary Calhoun Brown and William
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/11/aspergers.autism.dsm.v/index.html


http://www.herald-dispatch.com/life/schools/x1799858525/Huntington-author-honored-at-book-festival

Free Classroom Visits
Mary is now available for free classroom visits through www.skype.com. All you need is a free skype account and a webcam. More information is available at www.skypeanauthor.com or at email@marycalhounbrown.com.

Thank you to the teachers and professional educators who have assigned There Are No Words to their classes. Together we make a difference.

Thank you to Quality Paperback Books, The Autism Treasure Chest, Lightning Source, Ingram, Barnes & Noble and Amazon for providing copies of There Are No Words to readers across America.

Articles written by Mary are available through:

www.articleclick.com
www.articlebin.com
www.articlesbase.com
www.helium.com
www.goarticles.com
www.articledashboard.com

Interview by Bibliophilia:

http://maggiesbookshelf.blogspot.com/2009/12/interview-with-mary-calhoun-brown.html

For more information about Autism and Asperger's Syndrome:


http://helpingcommunicate.co.uk
www.tonyattwood.com/au
www.autismservicescenter.org
www.marshall.edu/coe/atc
www.asperger.net
www.autismtreasurechest.com


Mary's publisher, Lucky Press:

www.luckypress.com