2019: Jinx Stapleton Watson

Jinx Watson holding the first Seeds of Literacy award: a pair of wooden bookends decorated with trees

Jinx is a founding member of the Blue Ribbon Book Selection Committee for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. She was also an early advisor to Knox County Public Library's Children's Festival of Reading. She was a co-founder of UT Knoxville's Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature, whose mission is to engage and empower young readers through quality contemporary children's and young adult literature.

We were honored to get to present Jinx Stapleton Watson with the inaugural Seeds of Imagination Literacy award on September 17, 2019. She remains an active part of the literacy community in Knoxville today.

Jinx Watson pauses with Julie Webb for a photo before the luncheon
Jinx Watson seated at a table in the ballroom of Cherokee Country Club as the presentation of the Seeds of Literacy award begins
Jinx Watson reads from a purple-covered copy of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter during her acceptance speech.
Jinx and her family posing with the Seeds of Literacy award at the front of the ballroom at Cherokee Country Club
The first Seeds of Literacy award: a pair of wooden bookends comprised of composite wood trees and set with a pair of brass plaques on the front

 

 

 

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