Natalie
Tinti is a fifth grader living in Southern California. With
her passion and talent of illustrating, she has won many awards for her
excellence. The most recently are:
1. Finalist 2010 in the Children;s Picture Book, Softcover Category hosted by International Book Awards;
2. Winner 2010 in Children's Motivation Category hosted by National Indie Excellence Awards
3. Winner Spring 2010
Pinnacle Achievement Award hosted by the North American Bookdealers Exchange
4.Silver Medal in the 2009 award
contest hosted by the
nationally recognized Readers Favorite Book Reviews.
Back in 2004, as a five-year-old,
Natalie won first place
for the poster contest at the city Annual Artists Event.
That same year, she achieved first place for the Visual Arts Primary
Division at her school. In
2007, her art piece was placed in the Promenade Mall at the Youth Art
Exhibition hosted by the Temecula
Valley Art Council. In addition, Miss Tinti received a
certificate of achievement and was recognized as an honor student at
her
elementary school.
Since
the publication of her book, Sewing a Friendship, Natalie participated
in a book reading, a book signing and a book presentation everywhere.
Currently,
Natalie is promoting her school's theme "Kindness is Cool" by writing
gratitude letters to fellow students in response to their acts of
kindness.
Through
these efforts Natalie stresses the importance of friendships and how
students should persevere in being nice to everyone.
Natalie's Philosophy
Natalie
wrote
this book about rival girls
who became wonderful friends, to empower children to use their talents
and imagination to focus on the importance and power of
true friendships. Natalie believes friendships are an important part of
our lives that can be created when we have the courage to include
others. Creating friendships is fun and is our way to be the part of
the Universe!
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