Who I met and what I got at ALA

What can I say? It was my first time. Of course I'm going to remember it! ;)

DAY 1 :: Friday




[Katherine Applegate signing The One and Only Ivan for my library and Roscoe Riley Rules for my daughter]




[Middle Grade Meet-up at the Hilton: Back row, L to R: J. Reed (Reederama), Susan Dee (The Book Maven's Haven), LibLaura5 (15 Books & LibLaura5). Front row, L to R: Cynthia Alaniz (Teaching in Cute Shoes), me, graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier (GoRaina!).]

[Day 1 haul]

DAY 2 :: Saturday

[Marie Lu signing Legend and Prodigy for my son] 





[author/illustrator Tad Hills signing Rocket Writes a Story for my daughter]






[author Susan Cooper and Roger Sutton: The Live Five interview at the Horn Book booth]




[Day 2 haul]

DAY 3 :: Sunday

 [The Newbery-Caldecott Banquet program (watch Elementary librarian Travis Jonker's video of what the program looks like on the inside)]






[Caldecott winner Chris Raschka and Newbery winner Jack Gantos] 





[author/illustrator Peter Brown watching the Andrew Carnegie Medal-winning video production of his Children Make Terrible Pets] 



[The post-Banquet receiving line]
As much as I loved the banquet, I was just as excited about meeting Betsy Bird (and sitting at her table!) and seeing Mr. Schu again:
[Betsy and her amazing Shrinky Dink necklace. Read about its creation here.]

[Teacher-librarian extraordinaire Mr. Schu]