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TLA2016-Houston

Buccee’sforlunch—somewherebetweenCollegeStationandHouston

ExhibitHallOpeningNight—Thisvendorshowedusaboutusingtheirproducttocreatefunpictures.

Lynneinthebluebonnets

Aswe’dhadsomuchrainthisyear(infact,severalpeoplecancelledcomingtotheconventionbecausetheycouldn’tgetpastfloodedroadsor

theyheardpartsofHoustonwereunderwater).Ithoughtitwouldbefunnytopostthiswiththecaption“MadeittoHoustonforlibraryconferenceanddidn’tneedanArk.”

Where the Wild

Things Are

LaVarBurton

Sessions friEDTechnologywithAmyMayer

#bookadaywithTeriLesesne&DonalynMiller

BookTalkswithTeriLesesneandKarinPerry

What’sontheMenu?CollaborativeLessonsBetweenClassroomTeachersandLibrarians

AngelaSteagall,Tuloso-MidwayMiddleSchoolLibrarian

JenniferMathieu

EmeryLordTomAngleberger

ReinventYourSchoolLibrarySpace

TherewereMANYtechnicaldifficultiesduringthispresentation,butthespeakerskepttrying!

AngelaWithers’twin!(Really,itsDaynaHernandez,PrincipalatKleinISDBrillElementarySchool)

HearThemFirst:DebutYAAuthors

JulieBuxbaumVictoriaAveyard,ChristianHeidicker,RobinEpstein

JanGangsei,LaurentLinn,LeahThomas,TraciChee

(Icouldn’tgetagoodpicturewithallfourlookingthesameway).

MarissaMeyer

VictoriaAveyard

whilewaitingintheactualline—Iwaitedover30minutesinthe“preline”togetintotheline!

(Thispicturefromthepanelsessionearlier)

Victoriarecognizedmyipadcoverfromthesessionearlier—notme,butthecoverJ

LOL!HumorinYALiterature

JulieMurphy,MarikoTamaki,AmySpalding

DonCalame,LanceRubin,PaulRudnick,DavidLubar

DavidLubargiveshis“standup”introduction

GeneralSessionIIwassupposedtobeAlRoker—Hehadtocanceldueto“unforeseenworkcircumstances”(theweather?),soScottMcClelland,PresidentofHEB’s

Houstondivision,filledinanddidagreat,motivationaltalk.

LanceRubin

selfie!

DonCalame

DevelopingaCultureofReadingThroughSchoolwideReadingPrograms

AldineISD-DorothyAllen,StacieArchie,JenniferMerrymanHoustonISD-SofiaDarcy

PasadenaISD-MelissaRippy