i'm lisa lucas the executive director of the national book foundation.hairman of the board. [applause] we are so thrilled to welcome you back. it is the portion of the evening we will learn who wins the 2017 national book award. before we get there we wanted to say a few were a lot of words. first we want to have a round of applause for all 20 of the finalists. and another round of applause for the lifetime achievement honoree. [applause] so inspired b by everyone we are submitting tonight and my hope is that we will not just to celebrate them tonight in spite of these walls and during the hours that we are here but we will keep reading the work that they write all geared around. >> we need to thank our sponso sponsors. we wouldn't be able to do this without our sponsors. let me read a list of who we sponsored tonight. thank you to scholastic, barnes and noble, the book publishing papers, thank you also to facebook, harpercollins, google, the 100 foundation, alberto bertelli, thank you to all of you for making this possible. [applause] think you also to

i want to thank the executive director, lisa lucas and determine david steinberger -- [applause] you iced this room is price as well as it used to be and that's because lisa and david and what they've done and as well as the directors of the national book foundation for technology and me in scholastic this year. your leadership is making this organization and vital part of the reading culture that we honor tonight. i want to thank the 10000 people of scholastic around the world each of whom will tell you that their job to help children to read, as well as the close associates here tonight who have driven this company forward for many years including help on this short speech from two of my very closest friends. here with me tonight are also hemembers of the robinson family who share the scholastic stories and since my father started the company in 1920 as the high school magazine devoted to the best and the contemporary leadership and current social issues still are dna nearly 100 years later. finally, as two important parts of my message tonight i am so proud to introduce and honor a

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lucas films are owned by disney. >>> one last time to update the weather forecast. lisas here with the rain. >> yes, we are going to wait through the overnight hours, remember last night? we had all the wind and that kept the temperatures way up. right now, we're in the 50s, scattered out there, coverage ord 60 degrees, 59 in the city, but cooler than we were last night. the wind had the atmosphere well mixed. so we're talking about slightly cooler numbers now. with the cloud cover through the overnight hours, we will stay dry, but if you live up in the north bay, sonoma, santa rosa, you will see the rain by the morning commute, 5:30/6:00, then it seeps to the south. it falls apart, not a lot of rain out there, hit or miss showers. then by the afternoon, we're left with a lot of cloud cover and the evening commute will not be impacted, which is always nice on a friday night. so highs tomorrow ranging from low 60s to mid 60s, and then the accuweather seven-day forecast featuring a couple of 1s on the storm impact scale. weak systems. but by the middle of next week, that m