ALA Midwinter 2009 – Denver, Day 2

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The school library advocacy institute was a big disappointment … I won’t go into the details.  Evidently, not all school librarians are as fun-loving as I am :>

The exhibit hall opened this afternoon and I picked up a copy of 3 Willows by Ann Brashares, just like I said I would; tomorrow I’ll try to get it autographed.

I also picked up a book that is part memoir, part self-help about a girl who struggled with an eating disorder; it’s called It Started with Pop-Tarts: An Alternative Approach to Winning the Battle of Bulimia.

Then I picked up more than a dozen galleys, including these books by established authors/illustrators…

… Tales from Outer Suburbia, a new book by Shaun Tan, who created the graphic novel The Arrival;

… Heroes of the Valley, a new fantasy by Jonathan Stroud, the writer of the Bartimeous series;

as well as these exciting-sounding new books by first-time authors …

… Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem – Lucy’s mother is the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia and although her mother keeps her locked inside the ambassadors’ residence, Lucy sneaks out with a friend, but then she gets kidnapped and is faced with a dangerous and exciting adventure;

… The Darkness Under the Water by Beth Kznnell – Molly lives in 1920s Vermont during a time when the state government is trying to get rid of its poor citizens, like French Canadians as well as Abenaki, like her new friend, Henry;

… The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly – During the hot Texas summer of 1899, Calpurnia spends most of her time with her grandfather, who teaches her all about the natural world around her;

… Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev – In the Theatre Illuminata, the characters from every play that has ever been written live behind the curtains and they are bound by powerful magic to play only the parts that were written for them, until …

After the exhibit hall, I went to the YALSA Tech Playground, where I chatted with an expert Tweet-er–who called himself “the head twit”–about Twitter, which is how I would like to do book recommendations …

I picked up FREE copies of the following books…

 Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden

Heart on My Sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger

 Gracie by Suzanne Weyn

My agenda for Saturday, 1/24/09 is …

 8-9am – Sunrise Speaker series with Leigh Rubin, who is the creator of the nationally syndicated comic Rubes 

 

10:30am-12pm – AASL Affiliate Assembly, which is like a congress of two representatives from each state school library association

- Ms McDaniel

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