Ms. Paradis in Library Land

I've been in New Orleans since Friday at the American Library Association meeting with librarians from all over the country. There are many cool things here. There is a HUGE room with book stores and publishers from all over the country. This is where you see authors. I've seen Lemony Snicket, Chris Raschka, Brian Selznick, Jeff Kinney, Rick Riordan and Alan Say (and my friend was talking to Tomie DePaola--so I'm looking for him). You can also get tons of new books here, and my suitcase is full of new things. We go to lots of workshops and meetings. Right now I'm at a workshop about how to do really cool research projects with kids. SO I hope we'll do some cool research projects next year! We have meetings about what librarians should all be doing and share lots of ideas. When we aren't meeting, we are running around New Orleans. This is a really great city and there are cool people in Voodoo outfits, steamboats on the Mississippi, palm trees, and great food. I love it here, but will be eager to get back to Plympton next week and see everyone. What are you doing with your first week of vacation?

Welcome to Summer 2011

Hello,
School will be over on Friday and I'm getting ready to read. On Friday morning, I am flying to New Orleans to attend the American Library Association's annual meeting. This is a big meeting of librarians of every kind from all over the United States. While I'm there I'm going to be meeting with other school librarians. We will plan how to make American school libraries the best they can be. I always go to workshops there and get some great ideas to bring back to Plympton and I get TONS OF FREE BOOKS and meet lots of authors. This year, Jeff Kinney, who writes the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books is going to be there and I'll be sure to go see him. I will post next week about the new books I've brought back to school.

Please click on the links on this page--there are lots of great ideas here for summer reading.
Have a great summer, and KEEP IN TOUCH!
Ms. Paradis