Janet Wong & Grace Lin
Our council has hosted some outstanding children’s authors and illustrators at the Corinthian Yacht Club in the past: Lois Lowry, Anita Lobel, Jack Gantos, Bernard Waber, Kevin Hawkes (2004), Grace Lin (2005), Wendell Minor (2006), and Mary Ann Hoberman (2007).After three years serving as president of our reading council, I’ll be stepping down. I will, however, remain on the board of directors. I will help with the planning of our council’s annual Speaker Series. Look what our council has scheduled for the PAS North Shore Council 2008-2009 Speaker Series:
November 5, 2008: We’ll have a panel discussion with picture book illustrators and authors, Matt Tavares, Wade Zahares, and Daniel J. Mahoney, at the Danversport Yacht Club in Danvers, Massachusetts
Matt Tavares & Lady Liberty
Wade Zahares & Lucky Jake
Daniel J. Mahoney & A Really Good Snowman
March 4, 2009: Jacqueline Davies, an author of fiction, nonfiction, and picture books, will be our featured speaker at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts
Jacqueline Davies at Boston College (May 2007)
The Lemonade War & The Boy Who Drew Birds
May 20, 2009: Award-winning picture book illustrator and author Barbara McClintock will be our guest speaker at the Corinthian Yacht Club
Grace Lin, Barbara McClintock, Elaine, & Pat Keogh
at Boston College in April
Three of Barbara McClintock's Picture Books
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Note: If you live on the North Shore of Massachusetts and are interested in becoming a member of the PAS North Shore Council of Massachusetts, a local affiliate of the Massachusetts Reading Association and the International Reading Association, email me your address. I will send you a membership brochure.
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7 comments:
Elaine,
I hope you had a lovely time at the dinner. Congrats on serving for three years as reading council president. Your council is lucky to have you on the Board of Directors!
Vivian,
We had a wonderful night with Janet. She's a dynamic speaker--and a lot of fun. I got a lot of positive feedback about her presentation from members who attended the dinner.
I enjoy being involved with the council. We have had so many great authors and illustrators as speakers over the years. I hope you'll be able to come to one of the council events we have planned for 2008-2009!
Yes: join, join, JOIN the North Shore Council! If you live in that area, you will be happy that you did. I was so impressed with the teachers I met. They are fun, energetic, and knowledgeable about literature. Dinner was punctuated with bursts of laughter (particularly from the table where Pat and John sat).
One thing I learned from the conversation at our table is that teachers can earn credits by attending a North Shore Council presentation and then going back to their own school and sharing what they learned in a short presentation for everyone. An enjoyable way to get credits, I think. Spread the word!
Thanks, Janet--for your comment and for your wonderful presentation Wednesday evening.
We do have a great group of members! Our dinner meetings are always fun--plus teachers can win free children's books in the drawings we have at every meeting.
Oh how I wish I could hear all these talented children's book creators speak! What a great line-up . . .
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