Spent the first day listening.<\/p>\n
A fellow passenger getting off the train in Philly said she didn’t remember what the Newbery and Caldecott Medals are but got excitement in her voice when I explained them.<\/p>\n
A librarian from Ohio shared how deeply concerned she is about censorship of books allowed into the hands -and minds- of folks who are incarcerated and how she is going to research this issue deeply.<\/p>\n
An author at a booth in the Exhibit Hall described seeing tears in the eyes of a librarian who had stopped for a moment to read a poem in this author’s book \u00a0and with eyes brimming had discovered loving poetry for the very first time.<\/p>\n
So privileged to watch a man sit down to a steak dinner last night among a roomful of librarians who had read his story and heard him talk about all the years he lived in a refugee camp. Those were years when he ate one meal a day – in the morning. \u00a0No steak dinners then. He ate maize. He never gave up. Now he helps those who are still there….waiting and hoping.<\/p>\n
Hoping to have the privilege of listening again today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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