Writing for Children
Not in Room 204 (Albert Whitman & Co., March 2007) is a picture book about Regina Lillian Hadwig, a girl who finds safety in the rules of her classroom—and the courage to tell her teacher that she has been sexually abused.
Not in Room 204 wins the 2007 Oregon Book Award for Children's LIterature and is named a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book!
Read Sara Wiseman's article in Salem Monthly.
Read what The Horn Book has to say about Not in Room 204.
Listen to a recorded interview with author Shannon Riggs and illustrator Jaime Zollars on Dr. Kathleen Brooks' Internet Radio Show.
Shannon is a member of SCBWI, the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and is available for visits to schools and organizations. If you would like to arrange an author visit, please contact Shannon at shannon.riggs@yahoo.com.