Mon, January 11th, 2010
BBYA Changes – Here We Go Again
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn and Cindy: So here we are again. Less than a week from the start of an ALA conference and we’re posting an unhappy rant about a YALSA Board proposal for BBYA. A draconian proposal in June received such an outcry of dissent that the Board tabled the proposal and agreed to try again. This [...]
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Sat, July 18th, 2009
Home from ALA? What did you read first?
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy and Lynn: We’ve returned home from ALA and added to our teetering stacks of books to read. It’s hard to decide what to read first (oh, yeah, the books that have Booklist review deadlines to keep our editors happy) but our teens are probably feasting away while ignoring their parents’ chore lists. We have [...]
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Sun, July 12th, 2009
BBYA Teens Storm Chicago
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Cindy and Lynn: What an exciting day! Our BBYA teen club arrived by bus this morning and as soon as badges hung around their necks, they were headed for the exhibits at break speed. We tried to photograph them in the publisher booths, but they were moving too quickly for us to keep up. Their [...]
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Sat, February 14th, 2009
ALA Galley Glee
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: Just two short weeks ago we were gleefully visiting the publisher booths at ALA Midwinter in Denver, looking hungrily at the wonderful new books on display. Many kind publishers noted our pitiful state and we eventually staggered to our hotel with armloads of galleys to ship home. The boxes arrived quickly and now we [...]
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Thu, January 29th, 2009
Kate and Kathy
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Our hearts are heavy today with the news of the tragic accident at the close of the ALA Conference that took the lives of two talented librarians and friends of children’s literature, Kathy Krasniewicz and Kate McClelland. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and close friends today and in the difficult days to [...]
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Mon, January 26th, 2009
A Book Blogger’s Conference Lament
Posted by: Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan
Lynn: So there we were at the airport, 5:30 am, suitcases in hand and giddy with anticipation. ALA Midwinter was a short flight away and we would be set loose on the publisher booths in the exhibit hall, ready to scoop up all the enticing arcs for the new publishing season! Dinners, friends, committees and [...]
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