Monday, April 18, 2011

Library Conference Excitement!

Last week I attended the Texas Library Association's annual conference and boy, am I pumped!  It doesn't take much to get me brainstorming and excited about books and library ideas so last week sent me over the edge!  I met wonderful authors, illustrators, poets, and storytellers.  I was inspired by people's efforts to help rebuild and replenish libraries along our coast.  I was motivated to go home and write, write, write as I listened to authors share their writing successes and trials.  I am excited about new books that have come out recently and that will be released this coming summer and fall!  My really exciting news is that I won a Kindle!!  Can you believe it?!  I put my name into a drawing with a company called "The Library Store" and I actually won!  I have not been interested in owning an eReader because I just really love books. I love the way they feel in my hands, the way the pages smell, the way the pictures make the words even better.  However, as a librarian, it's definitely time to explore the eReader option.  My kids LOVE it!
I am in between books right now.  My recent choices have not quite been what I am in the mood for.  I think I'll check my bookshelf in Destiny Quest to find some that kids have recommended to me.

Stay tuned for pictures of the kids that read 5 or more Bluebonnet Books this year.  Plus... our only student to read all 20!

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