The lucky winner of our September “Around the World in 100 Bookshelves” book draw is four year-old Clarke, from Los Angeles, California. Being the son of writer Candace Ryan (her debut picture book, Animal House, will be released by Walker Books for Young Readers in 2010) and of a very talented father who built him an incredible Zebra bookshelf, Clarke is no doubt a lucky boy.

Back in May Candace posted about her son’s bookshelf (built to his specification), on her blog Book, Booker, Bookets. She said: “Scrap wood, homeless books, a 4 year-old’s imagination—these were the ingredients needed to bring this bookshelf to life. The fact that one of our cats cowered at the sight of the zebra’s eye gave it just that much more credibility. For the bookshelf’s christening, all it needs is a copy of Dr. Seuss’s On Beyond Zebra. After all, this zebra’s imaginative life begins where that of other zebras ends.”

How lovely is that? And how lucky is Clarke to have such creative parents who surround him with books and whimsy?… I just hope Zebra will be keen on housing five new multicultural picture books, as they will be on their way to Clarke very soon!

Please help us spread the word on this project, so that the photos and anecdotes will keep on coming from all corners of the world! All bookshelf entries, excluding previous winners’, are entered in our bimonthly draw, regardless of when they were submitted.

Posted by: Aline | This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 1:00 am and is filed under Around the World in 100 Bookshelves, Eventful World, Reading the World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Tags: Around the World in 100 Bookshelves, Book Draw, children's bookshelves