Hi Everyone--
You probably know I've been working on the
James Patterson website for parents, teachers,
librarians, and kids, www.ReadKiddoRead.com,
for the past year, writing reviews and searching
for books kids can't put down. It's been an amazing
experience, and I've been having a ball. They just
put up the new Margie Palatini interview--you'll
be interested to hear how she got her first picture
book, Piggie Pie, published after it sat in a box
in her attic for years. Margie is a hoot! I just
submitted my review of her newest book,
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes, a Margie-style,
laugh-out-loud, perfect for Reader's Theater,
retelling of Aesop's "The Fox and the Grapes."
(It won't go up for a few weeks, though, probably)
If you're going to AASL in Charlotte this week,
you'll be interested to see that James will be
speaking there in the Ballroom on Friday morning
at 8 a.m. (Turbocharge Your Day with James
Patterson!: Read Kiddo Read! Parents and Librarians
Band Together to Make Kids Lifelong Readers),
talking about his writing for kids (Maximum Ride,
Daniel X, and the forthcoming Witch & Wizard series)
and about the site. (It won THREE, count 'em, 3
awards in the past year!!!)
Sadly for me, I won't be able to come--I'm up in Albany
right now, ready to barnstorm through the New England
area for my first week of children's literature
seminars for BER, starting, gulp, tomorrow morning.
AASL is a fabulous conference, and if you're going, I'm
pretty darn envious. (Though I do love being in Albany,
where my husband's family lives.)
According to Victoria Stapleton, manager of School
and Library Marketing at Little, Brown, James is excited
about presenting at AASL because he "knows that
school library media specialists are on the front lines
in the effort to get kids reading. He believes that
these professionals know how to pair a student with
a good book to make a great reading experience and
a lifelong reader." Got that right!
I was reading Diane Chen's wonderful blog (go to
www.schoollibraryjournal.com and pull down BLOGS
--what a treasure box you'll find there!) and she
mentioned that James will be giving out advance
reading copies of his forthcoming book, Witch & Wizard
(a brand new series I think is going to be very popular
with kids) at his session.
Anyway, if you happen to get up close, say hi to him
from me. If you see him before his speech, tell him I said
to break a binding!
Have a fabulous time.
Judy
Judy Freeman
Children's Literature Consultant
Reviewer for www.READKIDDOREAD.com
Author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
(Libraries Unlimited, 2006; www.LU.com)
and Once Upon a Time:
Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and
Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6 (2007)
and The WINNERS! Handbook (2009)
65 North Sixth Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904
732-572-5634 / BKWSSF@aol.com
www.JudyReadsBooks.com
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