2006 Winner

Bad Boys by Margie Palatini ; illustrated by henry Cole

Willy and Wally Acceptance Speech:

Wally:  “Oh my.  Do you see what I see, Dear Pal?”

Willy:  “Why, I do I do, Old Chum.  Indeed I do.  Indeed I do.

             A rather attractive group I would say.”

Wally:  “Attractive . . . and quite intelligent looking too, I might add.”

Willy:  “Absolutely add that, Old Chum.  No question.  Intelligent.  Extremely intelligent.

            ---- and with exceptional ‘taste’.”

Wally:  “They do look like a rather tasty group, don’t they? Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

Willy:  “Need you ask!   Brain Ditto, Dear Boy.  Brain Ditto. . .”

Wally & Willy:  “Thank you-Thank you-Thank you Dear Readers from Tennessee for

                          This wonderful award!”

Willy:  “Yes, indeedy.  We thank you from the bottoms of our conviving little hearts,

              and the tops of our bad, bad, really bad haircuts.”

Wally:  “Yes, well.  Let’s just say those sheep shavers are not from Louis Lucardi!”

Willy:  “Hardly, Dear Pal.  Hardly.”

Wally:   “Many thanks too from our supporting cast . . .  This book would not be the same

              without them!”

Willy:  “Absolutely!  Trudie Ewe, Meryl Sheep and of course,

             Betty Mutton send their regards.”

Wally:  “and . . . The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood . . .”

Willy:  “Katherine Tegen Books and Harpercollins . . . Blah blah blah.  Blah blah blah.

              Blah blah blah.”

Wally:  “Yes, I suppose we also do need to mention that Henry person who helped make

            us so suave and debonair  . . .  And quite adorable, I might say.”

Willy:  “Well, blue has always been your color, Dear Pal.”

Wally:  “It has, hasn’t it? .  . . . Oh, yes . . . and then there’s that Palatini woman . . .   

            whatever she does . . . did . . . still a mystery to me.”

Willy:  “Brain Ditto there, Chum.  Checking the box next to that one.”

Wally:  “Rumor has it that the two of them are cooking up another - shall

               we call it --- ‘scheme’  for the two of us.”

Willy:  “Do tell?”

Wally:  “Snap your suspenders, Old Pal – we’re getting HENPECKED!”

Willy:  “Sounds delightful!  I simply adore --- chicken!”

Wally:  “Oops. Don’t look now Old Pal, but I think our time is up.”

Willy:  “So it is.  So it is . . .  But . . . before we go . . .

Willy and Wally:  Brain Ditto! 

                              Thank you - thank you – thank you to all

                               our readers in Tennessee!