My friend, Susan, and I went to four evening events tonight and they were all inspiring and unique. The first one was a birthday party for Stink. Did you know he is 10 years old? Meghan McDonald was there signing a couple of Stink books along side some beautiful cupcakes, chips, salsa, guacamol, soft prezels and ice cream! It was quite the party! Came with party hats and all. Next up was the Penguin Book event with 4 illustrators. All I have to say is, “Wow.” If you haven’t already read, “Last Stop on Market Street” by Matt dela Pena and illustrated by Christian Robinson, go and get it now. Judy Schachner has a new book out called, “Dewy Bob” about a cute raccoon. Wow! “Night Animals”by Gianna Marino is a gorgeous book about animals in the night who are afraid of the nocturnal. It is beautiful and uses black…
Author: Stacey Rattner
#alaac15 Reviewing Friday and looking ahead
Good morning. I can’t sleep. It may be that I am still on EST or that I just so excited to be here. My first conference and I’m entering my second day. Yesterday I was lucky enough to attend the ALSC Preconference on celebrating the Honor Books. Wow. We all know KT Horning, but just hearing her speak and the wealth of information she had to share was amazing. I tried to take some old fashioned notes using a pen and paper. I could go on and on about what I learned. Here are just a few hightlights: Honors were called “Runners Up” until 1971 The records are lost for who the Runners Up were in 1923, 1924 and 1927. What happened to them? KT Horning is determined to find out and I bet she will! Before 1958, an author could not win a second award. Would Robert McCloskey have…