Henny and I survived Las Vegas!
The American Library Association (ALA) Conference was totally worth putting up with dashing between 106+ degree (41 c) outdoor heat, and the interiors that have to be air conditioned so people don't die. What a trip!
That said, the Henny signing went extremely well:
Game Face
The Signing
Henny's line began forming at the Simon and Schuster booth about 15-20 min before start-time.
I donned my chicken hat, and away we went--or, I should say, away the Hennys went.
The entire case of books was gone within the half-hour time slot.
I donned my chicken hat, and away we went--or, I should say, away the Hennys went.
The entire case of books was gone within the half-hour time slot.
Yay! All those Henny's in the hands of the best book people in the world-- librarians!
Best of all, I got to meet/hang out with some AMAZING picture book people:
--with fellow PNWer Nikki McClure at her signing for "May the Stars Drip Down"
--with Caldecott winner ("Locomotive") Brian Floca!! What a super nice guy!
with the delightful Caldecott honoree ("Flora and the Flamingo") Molly Idle
with the talented Llama's mama Anna Dewdney (holding her new gnu book)!
YES! That IS Jon Klassen!!--also in the super-nice-guy category!
with the hilarious and ALSO super-nice-guy Dan Santat holding his book, "Beekle"
My adoration for Judy Schachner (Skippyjon Jones) is obvious. What a gracious, sweet person!
--with writer/librarian/new-favorite-person Carter Higgins--and the creator of NINJA, Arree Chung (yet another in the super-nice-guy category)!
I got to meet and chat with THE Doris Kearns Goodwin at a beautiful S and S dessert reception.
(I was so proud of my Simon and Schuster red author beads. I guess Doris decided not to wear hers. I guess that's cuz maybe everyone KNOWS who she is ;) ).
Here's Henny looking delicious among the desserts: deftly and briefly placed for a photo-op
by Lori Kilkelly (see below)
and, last but not least, my ALA roomie and PB debut sister-soul-mate, Toni Yuly.
Here she is holding her acclaimed debut picture book, EARLY BIRD, flanked by her devoted lit agents, Paul Rodeen and Lori Kilkelly. I had so much fun with these guys!
There were so many other amazing, kind, and talented people I met,
not to mention ALL those awesome librarians!
In the end, it IS all about the BOOKS!
Here's a stack of some of what I hauled back. SO much talent and fun in one pile!
And one last highlight-- I can now kick going to Las Vegas off my bucket list.
Thanks for stopping by, everyone!
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