I started the day with a wonderful conference breakfast. The breakfast included a panel of four diverse tweens fiction writers from the US: Tim Federle, Pam Munoz Ryan, Rita Williams-Garcia and Gene Luen Yang.
The panel discussions were fantastic. I had not read any of their books, I am now very keen to do so.
I spent the afternoon at the San Francisco Public Library with Marti Goddard who was a wealth of knowledge. San Francisco Public Library also houses the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled the Deaf Services Center. It is was great to hear about the services they provide to children and adults with special needs.
I am off to dinner with two of the conference presenters tonight - Renee Grassi and Tess Pendergast, two wonderful leaders in the area of library services for children with special needs.
I also met Dr Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator of the early literacy program 'Mother loose on the goose'. This program was a major influence on how children's programs were presented in public libraries in the US.
The panel discussions were fantastic. I had not read any of their books, I am now very keen to do so.
I spent the afternoon at the San Francisco Public Library with Marti Goddard who was a wealth of knowledge. San Francisco Public Library also houses the Library for the Blind and Print Disabled the Deaf Services Center. It is was great to hear about the services they provide to children and adults with special needs.
I am off to dinner with two of the conference presenters tonight - Renee Grassi and Tess Pendergast, two wonderful leaders in the area of library services for children with special needs.
I also met Dr Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator of the early literacy program 'Mother loose on the goose'. This program was a major influence on how children's programs were presented in public libraries in the US.