Violin Family Wins IndieReader Discovery Award!
Congratulations to author Melissa Perley and illustrator Fiona Lee MacLean whose picture book The Violin Family has been selected as a 2021 Discovery Awards Winner in the children’s early to intermediate readers category!
The Violin Family by Melissa Perley Wins 2021 IndieReader Discovery Award
Local cellist’s first picture book stands out among independently published books
Montpelier, Vt. – On Thursday, June 2nd, IndieReader, one of the original review services for self, hybrid and independently published authors, announced the winners of the tenth annual IndieReader Discovery Awards (IRDAs) for 2021. The Violin Family published by Rootstock Publishing of Montpelier, Vermont, and written by Melissa Perley of Berlin, Vermont, won in the children’s category.
IndieReader launched the IRDAs in 2011 to help notable indie authors receive the attention of top publishing professionals, with the goal of reaching more readers. Noted Amy Edelman, author and founder of IR, “The books that won the IRDAs this year are not simply great indie books; they are great books, period. We hope that our efforts via the IRDAs ensure that they receive attention from the people who matter most: potential readers,” she said.
"I am very pleased and appreciative to have won this award,” says author Melissa Perley. “The Violin Family is an introduction to the string family of instruments but also celebrates love, warmth and understanding in a family. I am proud to be an Indie winner!"
The IndieReader judges issued the following verdict for the winning children’s book:
“The Violin Family, written by Melissa Perley and illustrated by Fiona Lee MacLean, is an enchanting tale about a family of five string instruments who love playing music and living together in their little Vermont home. The storybook’s gentle, thoughtful prose and warm and vibrant drawings will invite readers, musicians or not, into its world of maple syrup pancakes and melodies— and they’ll never want to leave.”
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About Rootstock Publishing
With offices in downtown Montpelier, Vt., Rootstock Publishing is a hybrid publisher and an imprint of Multicultural Media, Inc. Their books have won multiple book awards such as the IPPY, Foreword INDIES, the IBPA Ben Franklin Award, IndieReaders Discovery Award, and Independent Book Publishers of New England awards, among others. They publish poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and picture book manuscripts by authors from all over the globe. Learn more at rootstockpublishing.com.