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Even people who do not read enjoy this game with its unique category of
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Booktastic!, a board game designed for book lovers, families and educators,
celebrated the release by kicking off a contest where children and young
adults can participate in future editions of the popular game. For more
information, visit http://www.

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Players move around a quaint town square of bookstores to buy,
sell and trade popular titles with money earned from answering questions or
sharing opinions prior to each turn.
"The book is highly informative, precise, and well researched ," Norm
Goldman, Editor of BookPleasures, said.

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Participants in the contest submit questions for possible use in future
editions of Booktastic! and are entered to win a personalized, autographed
novel by bestselling young adult author Lynne Hansen.com

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The contest runs
through November 15, 2005, and prize winners will be randomly selected .

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The book, which started out as a game, is virtually an encyclopedia of
black history that was sparked by Cothran while a student at The University of
Memphis in the 1960s."
Western Writers of America will hold activities in Mission Plaza at
Rawhide.

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Booktastic ! today announced the official
release of its Family Edition featuring children's literature.LynneHansen .com and soon through major book retailers. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.

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Cothran searched for facts high and low, near and far --
across the United States. Comprised of 10 base chapters and two for children
and adolescents, the 12 chapters are chronologically organized; a bibliography
and index are also included. Awards, for material published last year, are given for
works whose inspiration, image , and literary excellence best represent the
reality and spirit of the American West.

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"Kids will
be too busy having fun to realize they are learning.

About Booktastic!

Booktastic! is a fun board game designed for readers, families and
educators.
Her second novel "The Change " won the 2005 EPPIE for Best Young Adult
Novel.

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Cothran, a graduate of the University of Memphis and a respected collector
of African American memorabilia lives in Carrollton, TX with his wife and two
sons -- his avocation is the study of African American culture.

The National Festival of the West (http://www.

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novel "The Return" debuted at #1 on the Children's E-book Bestseller list . "It is ideal for sharing with
children and adults alike. Other WWA members will talk about issues such as Western justice,
Women of the West, American Heroes and Western films and documentaries.

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com. DALLAS, Did you know that the potato chip, fire
extinguisher and lunar surface ultraviolet camera were all invented by African
Americans? These facts and more can be found in Author John Cothran's newly
published book, "A Search of African American Life, Achievement and Culture "
(ISBN: 0963400207 / 0963400215).
"It's been an eye-opening experience," Cothran said of the research. He has worked
for a Fortune 500 company for over 25 years. Boggs, James A.
Cleary will also announce the winners of the 2005 Spur Awards at noon
Saturday, March 19.com) is a
celebration of all things Western and includes more than 200 exhibitors, plus
music, Western film celebrities , cowboy poetry, costume contests, chuck wagon
cooking competitions, action packed arena events, and a mountain man
rendezvous and sutler's row. For a schedule of presentations at the WWA
stage at Rawhide, the latest book reviews from Roundup Magazine, or more
information on Western Writers of America, log on to http://www.

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Since its release in 2004, Booktastic! is now carried in over 1500 various
retail outlets and libraries throughout the United States.

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"We continue to support teachers and librarians looking for innovative new
ways to keep kids learning," said Laine Keneller , president of Booktastic!
"This contest provides young people an opportunity to have their writing
featured in a board game available throughout the United States.
Areas covered include: art, business and professional associations, education,
entertainment, geography, history and civil right, literature , military
history, science, and sports." Cleary will give a presentation about the Lewis + Clark
expedition.
"Western Writers of America is delighted to contribute to Arizona's
greatest happening, the Festival of the West," Cleary says. "We bring the
writers, historians and storytellers who relate where and how the
reenactments, competitions, art, music, furniture and fashions -- all the
things that are part of our western spirit -- took root and grew.

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He was researching the history of African Americans for
a course and found very little information.
The book can be ordered through Biblio Distribution at 1-800-462-6420, at
http://stardatepublishing. Other presenters include Spur Award winners Win Blevins, Don
Coldsmith, Johnny D.

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'A Search of African American Life Achievement and Culture ' Chronicles Struggles and Success Over the Past 500 Years

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More than 25 WWA members who write history, novels, short stories,
screenplays, children 's books, poetry and music will be on hand to talk about
their craft and sign books. Previous winners include Larry
McMurtry, Jane Candia Coleman and Elmer Kelton.

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Her newest book "Rave New World," available from SparkNotes,
features over 1,000 SAT vocabulary words and definitions.

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"I
learned to appreciate a lot just by thinking about some of the things people
went through.
The reference contains over 400 images and 1800 facts and the format
allows the book to be used in games and easily integrated into teaching.

This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by
Send2Press(R), a unit of Neotrope(R).festivalofthewest.

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The game has
received media coverage in USA Today, Publishers Weekly, The Christian
Science Monitor , and The London Telegraph.

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PRESS RELEASE Booktastic! Announces Release of Family Edition Board Game

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About Lynne Hansen

Lynne Hansen is the bestselling author of the Heritage of Horror series of
young adult historical novels from Hard Shell Word Factory.

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"Booktastic! is covert education at its finest," said Hansen. The "books" in each store contain
real-life information so players learn about bestselling books and authors.
"The book fills a place where there was a void," Lisa Haliburton,
librarian at the Carrollton Public Library in Carrollton, TX, said.
Haliburton was among one of the many people who helped Cothran find books
for his research. Crutchfield and Paul Andrew Hutton.

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For more information, visit
http: //www."
The question and answer format of the book is a takeoff of the "Frequently
Asked Questions " (FAQs)., Western Writers of America
joins the National Festival of the West at Rawhide, March 17 -20, in
celebration of the literature of the American West.
"The Western is America's epic ," says Rita Cleary, president of Western
Writers of America and author of novels such as "River Walk " and
"Charbonneau's Gold. They
will also present workshops on a variety of writing topics including
screenplays, novels, developing characters, and getting your book published.

The nonprofit Western Writers of America was founded in 1953 to promote
and honor Western literature.org.

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