Friends at ALA Midwinter!

This photo was taken at the SJL Reviewer's Reception at ALA Midwinter.  I am pictured with my friend, Teresa Schauer, who is the owner of the Book Trailers for All website, a repository for booktrailers!  She was getting ready to announce the winners of the 2012 School Library Journal Book Trailee Awards.  Daniel Neal, a sophomore at Flower Mound High School, won the "Secondary Created for Secondary" division with his trailer for Tenderness  by Robert Cormier!

This photo was taken at the same reception.  I am pictured with my Stephanie Bange, who I had not seen in 25 years!  I was so shocked and surprised to see her at this reception!  I was a bridesmaid in her wedding in Shreveport, LA nearly 26 years ago!  She is now a childrens librarian at a public library in Dayton Ohio.

I LOVE ARCS!!!

This is only about 3/4 of the advanced readers copies that I received when I went to ALA Midwinter!  The publishers were so nice and very generous to the librarians in the exhibit hall.  I was especially excited to receive a copy of Fever by Lauren DeStefano!  It is a fabulous read!

Fun at ALA Midwinter Meetings in Dallas!

I had a blast at the Midwinter meetings and exhibits in Dallas in January!  Look at this cool "hand chair" that was in the Brodart exhibit! I also got tons of ARCs! (picture coming soon) Thanks to my friend Teresa Schauer, owner of Book Trailers for All, for taking this picture.