Join the Quatrefoil Library and The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in celebrating our favorite local authors on Saturday, March 16th from 2:00-5:00 PM at University of Minnesota’s Elmer Andersen Library (room 120).
Scheduled to appear:
For more information visit www.qlibrary.org.
For information on directions and parking visit: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/AnderLib/
Do you typically arrange to have a professional author and/or illustrator do a school visit with your students? And, would you like to do some Earth Day programming that does not take a lot of your time? Authors for Earth Day (A4ED) is an international coalition of award-winning children’s authors and illustrators (over 70 to choose from and growing), who care about kids and nature, and the future of both! If you choose to participate in this program you schedule one A4ED school visit in the month of April. The visit doesn’t cost a penny more than a standard visit, and the author donates at least 30% of their speaking fee to a nonprofit conservation organization. Before their arranged visit, the author shares their favorite five non-profit conservation organization “nominees”. You then encourage your students to research these organizations and share with the other students what they have learned. Then, on the day of the author visit, hold a raise of hands vote to see who gets the donation. You pay the author in the traditional way, and the author sends the donation to the winning conservation organization in honor of your school. More often than not, the organization sends your school a thank you note. The website leads you through the whole process and includes the list of available authors/illustrators too. For all of the details, go to www.AuthorsForEarthDay.org. There is also an A4ED Blog, where readers can meet some of their favorite authors any time of the year: www.AuthorsForEarthDay.org/blog
Good luck, and be sure to consider sharing the stories of your author visits. We love to share your stories with other schools in the region!
Laura Perenic writes: “As a self-confessed book-cover judger, displays of jacket art and themed book displays make my mental taste buds water. Imagine my delight when I realized that 
Pinterest, in addition to having loads of other content, is a veritable smorgasbord of fiction suggestions to please my young adult (YA) palate. As a fan of an author’s work, you can follow their page, boards, and pins for the latest news. Many teen authors use Pinterest to reach their audience; and YA Highway has a compiled list of YA authors using Pinterest.
Full blog post at YALSA The Hub, Nov. 12
Source of snippet: American Libraries Direct 11/14/2012
The CMLE/MEMO Fall Annual Meeting & Workshop took place at the St. Cloud Country Club on November 4, 2010. It was a fun, yet educational event for our members and their guests. Throughout the course of the evening we had about 50 attendees, and we were so happy to see each of you!
Evaluations of the event show that it was a success, with nearly all attendees reporting that they loved the author as well as the Five in Fifty presentations. The author for the evening was Catherine Friend, who gave a fantastic and funny presentation on writing, publishing and several of her most memorable experiences on the farm. The Five in Fifty presentations were short, ten minute presentations on technology and resources, given by CMLE members, and CMLE staff. It seems that everyone loves these quick, yet informative sessions! Many thanks to our presenters!!