Dish with other Children’s, Young Adult & School Librarians, Authors and Illustrators, Publishers & lovers of Literature during an evening full of great books, food’n’ fun.

When: Thursday, January 7th, 2010, from 5:30-8:30pm*

Where: Scarsdale Public Library  - 54 Olmsted Road, Scarsdale

·    5:30-6:45pm Engage in lively informal networking with colleagues and friends and peruse the hottest books of 2009 which will be on display.  We will have salad, pizza, desserts and delicious libations. 

·    6:45-7:00pm Welcoming/Opening remarks by John Sexton, Judith Rovenger & WLA Youth Services Section Think Tank members

·    7:00-8:00pm Breakout sessions for each award category  will be lead by local librarians - bring your choice(s) to booktalk/champion/share for the 2010 Caldecott, Newbery or Printz Awards and speculate on which ones will be the ALA winners.

·    8:00-8:30pm  Reconvene as a big group to hear Breakout Session Summaries, share thoughts/opinions on titles published in 2009 and Raffle Prize Drawing.  


Please R.S.V.P. to Z by Thursday, December 31, 2009
via e-mail zmirjehanbaird@gmail.com or phone (914-238-4779 x4)
*join us for as much of the evening as you can!

Caldecott Award Criteria       Newbery Award Criteria        Printz Award Criteria

Suggested Reading: Titles to Watch


This event is co-sponsored by the WLA Youth Services Section and supported by WLS Youth Services

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