Hey Terry--
Been meaning to write to you since ALA, but everything's gone kaflooey since
I got back--too many deadlines as usual. It was terrific to finally get to
meet you.
I was so excited to get back to NO and see it getting back to life, but boy,
you guys will be in it for the long haul, won't you. I love it that ALA got
the city some great press nationwide. I think my speaker's bureau, BER (Bureau
of Education & Research) might be sending me there this year, but haven't seen
the finalized schedule. This past spring they scheduled me in Baton Rouge
where I met 100+ displaced and/or traumatized and/or grimly determined teachers
and librarians. It was quite an experience.
If I do get to come back and you're free, I'd love to meet you for dinner or
a drink. If you feel like coming to my program as my guest, I'd love to see
you--for the day or 1/2 day or an hour--whatever strikes your fancy.
I've been stuck in the attic all week, up till 2 a.m., working on a teacher's
guide for HarperCollins on Kevin Henkes' books, and am almost done. Wahoo!
Today I head for NYC to teach my storytelling class for Pratt at Donnell
Library--where the original Winnie-the-Pooh is. I treat it like a vacation--so much
fun.
Hope you're having a good summer.
Judy
Judy Freeman
Children's Literature Consultant
"Wild About Books" columnist, School Library Media Activities Monthly
Author of the all new Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com)
65 North Sixth Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
732-572-5634 / BKWSSF@aol.com
www.JudyReadsBooks.com
In a message dated 7/2/06 3:02:16 AM, LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU writes:
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> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 08:06:15 -0500
> From: Terry Young <bestman@ATT.NET>
> Subject: GEN: ALA: New Orleans thanks you
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> My hearfelt thanks to all of you who came to my hometown for the ALA
> conference. I hope you had as much fun and excitement as the citizens of
> New Orleans had while you were here. Several weeks before the conference
> the buzz word in the city was "The librarians are coming!"
>
> And you did..about 18,000!! The attendance was about par with ALA in
> Orlando and in New Orleans.
>
> From the reports that I received all went well..the hotels and restaurants
> and convention center went out of their way to make ALA attendees feel at
> home. "thank you for coming" were the words often expressed to attendees
> everywhere they went. I know that some of the services may have taken a
> little longer, so thank you for your patience.
>
> As I said in the pre-conference postings "You'll love New Orleans and she'll
> love you right back!"
>
> Thanks.."New Orleans loves you!"
>
> Terrry
> YALSA Local Arrangements Chair
>
> Librarian, Jefferson Parish Public School System
>
> bestman@att.net
>
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