Five Things on a Friday

1. Today, I fly to Philadelphia for the American Library Association's Midwinter Conference. My daughter, Julia, is in library school and she's coming with me. My publisher has a brunch and they invited seven authors with books on their Spring 2014 list to do readers' theater for the librarians in attendance. In my reading group is Jon Muth, Rodman Philbrick, and Julia Donaldson.

2. I was reading through the scripts yesterday and I saw that Julia Donaldson "will supply antennae or hats to the cast." Photos to come!

3. One my daughter's coworkers suggested we visit the Reading Terminal Market in Philly. It's quite close to the convention center. So I think we probably will go there.  http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/


Cookie says, "I LOVE Farmer's Markets!"

4. I've never seen a book of mine at a convention with star bookmarks. Half a Chance has three stars: School Library Journal, Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books, and Kirkus. I may be teary when I see it.

5.  When the flight attendant is giving the safety instructions, I'm going to imagine this.