Alice Hutchinson, the owner of Bethel’s Byrd’s Books, has announced this year’s winners of the 9th annual Bookmark Contest.
The winners were selected by members of Bethel Arts, and each winner will receive 25 copies of their bookmark and a $25 gift certificate.
Runners-up will receive $10 gift certificates. Alice expressed her thanks with an enthusiastic nod to everyone who made the contest so successful.
* *“We got a huge number of 3rd and 9th-grade submissions, which made it more fun AND more difficult to choose from such great art. The members of Bethel Arts really took some time and made serious consideration of all the wonderful entries. Here are the winners. BRAVO to all.”
Winners shown in image #1 left to right:
* Mackenzie is from Berry School in Bethel and is in the first grade. Her book is How to Code a Sandcastle.
* Violet is in third grade and her book is Zita the Spacegirl.
* Sierra is from Newtown Middle School and is in the eighth grade. Her book is Let the Sky Fall.
* Hana goes to Bethel High School and is in the ninth grade. Her book is Romeo and Juliet.
* Erin is our adult category winner and her book is Phantom.
* Juliette is in second grade and is home-schooled. Her book is The Secret Garden.
* Matthew is in the third grade at Johnson School and his book is Harry Potter.
* Emilia is from Bethel Middle School and is in eighth grade and her book is When You Reach Me.
* Katie is in ninth grade at Bethel High School. Her book is The Odyssey.
* Kateland is our runner-up in the adult category. Her book is Onyx and Crake.
Byrd’s Books is located at 178 Greenwood Avenue, across from the Bethel Public Library. Author discussions and Book Group gatherings are regularly added to Byrd’s Books’ calendar of events at ByrdsBooks.com Hours are Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10:00am to 6:00pm, Sundays, 12:00 noon to 4:00pm, Closed Mondays. For directions to the store or more information, call Byrd’s Books at 203-730-2973. To review the shop’s expanded catalog of new titles, go to ByrdsBooks.com