edited I’m still at ALA with one more day for Best Fiction in Young Adult committee meetings. We have a few more books to discuss, then we vote on what books to add to the list and what books need to be in our Top Ten. Flights are getting canceled all over the country, so… Read More ALA Youth Media Awards You Might Not See Elsewhere
“Pearls of Wisdom: Celebrating 30 Years of the Virginia Hamilton Conference” The 30th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth will be held on Thursday, April 3, and Friday, April 4, 2014, at the Kent State University Student Center. The conference provides a forum for discussion of multicultural themes and issues in literature… Read More 30 Years of the Virginia Hamilton Conference
This may be my last post for a few weeks. ALA Midwinter is on the horizon and for me, it will be all about BFYA. Well, for the most part! I’ll be meeting several people in person who I’ve so far only know online. I have a small list of ARCs to pick up (Please… Read More SundayMorningReads
Courage is the most important of the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. ~Maya Angelou In the past days, beginning with G. Neri and Johnny Cash all the way through Ari I hope you’ve seen what a human… Read More About Courage: Finale
I use Grammarly’s plaigerism check because I don’t want to eat more grandma. I don’t usually start my posts with a teaser, but there you go! I hope that gets you ready for a post on writing and writers. I decided to write this post several days ago, before all the reminders from Google and… Read More Zora’s Birthday: A day for writing and writers
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