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?