In the first story, there’s a cat named Baby Cakes. “See the Cat” is about Max the Dog, who argues with the book’s author. Mike is one of my closest friends and to share something exciting with him makes me even happier.” LaRochelle: “Authors and illustrators of children’s books often don’t know one another. We were at our homes, but we could see each other on the Zoom call so we were together.” Wohnoutka, 50, a resident of south Minneapolis, recalls the moment he and LaRochelle heard the news. “You hear some buzz about maybe a book is considered for an award, but I didn’t want to hope too much.” We’re still flying High,” said LaRochelle, 60, who lives in White Bear Lake. “It’s been a very exciting couple of days for us.
LaRochelle says he “showed up on the doorstep” of Gary Nygaard, his best friend of 30 years. Wohnoutka could only share with his wife, Anna, and children, Franklin and Olivia. Writer LaRochelle and illustrator Wohnoutka had to keep their win a secret until it was announced Monday morning, along with other prestigious children’s literature awards, during the ALA Youth Awards ceremony. Instead, the Minnesota men were astonished to be facing members of the ALA’s Theodor Seuss Geisel Award committee, congratulating them for winning the Geisel prize for their beginning reader book, “See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog” (Candlewick Press). They were to check in on Zoom at 4:30 p.m.
David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka were asked last Sunday to be part of a last-minute panel at the American Library Association’s virtual winter meeting in Chicago.
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