Going to our sold-out conference? Prepare yourself with a bit of reading

Please forgive the hideous formatting. And then get thee to a bookstore or library to check out some of the books from our spring conference faculty. This will help you get the most out of what everyone has to say--and it will give you something to talk about at Kid Lit Drink Night and the wine and cheese-a-palooza.

Enjoy!

Bonny	Becker	The Sniffles for Bear, Candlewick Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-7636-4756-8; A Bedtime for Bear, Candlewick Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7636-4101-6; The Magical Ms. Plum, Alfred A. Knopf Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-375-85637-2; A Birthday for Bear, Candlewick Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7636-3746-0; A Visitor for Bear, Candlewick Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7636-2807-9
Susan	Chang	DOWN THE MYSTERLY RIVER by Bill Willingham (978-0-7653-2792-5); THE FAERIE RING by Kiki Hamilton (978-0-7653-2722-2); TRUANCY by Isamu Fukui (978-0-7653-2258-6); THE BATTLE OF THE RED HOT PEPPER WEENIES by David Lubar (978-0-7653-6075-5); CITY OF FIRE by Laurence Yep (978-0-7653-5879-0)
Ben	Clanton	Vote for Me! Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week by Caroline Adderson and illustrated by Ben Clanton
Nancy	Conescu	When Blue Met Egg by Lindsay Ward; Remarkable by Lizzie K. Foley; A Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink; Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary Nethery
Lucy Ruth	Cummins	The Taking Tree; Cats' Night Out; The Boys; Me Want Pet; Guess Again
Matt	de la Pena	Ball Don't Lie; Mexican WhiteBoy; We Were Here; I Will Save You; A Nation's Hope
Eddie	Gamarra	n/a
Bruce	Hale	Snoring Beauty (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); From Russia With Lunch (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); The Possum Always Rings Twice (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); Fat Cat of Underwhere (HarperCollins); Guys Read: Thriller (Walden Pond Press)
Kiki	Hamilton	The Faerie Ring (Tor Teen/Macmillan); ISBN-13: 978-0765327222
Andrew	Karre	The Freak Observer by Woolston; Catch & Release by Woolston; Brooklyn, Burning by Brezenoff; The MAny Faces of George WAshington; No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Nelson
Helen	Landalf	FLYAWAY (Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, December, 2011) ISBN 978-0-547-51973-9
Scott	Magoon	Chopsticks; Spoon; Mostly Monsterly; Mr. Prickles A Quill-Fated Love Story; Hugo and Miles in I've Painted Everything
Rubin	Pfeffer	n/a
Chris	Richman	The Books of Elsewhere by Jacqueline West; The Jack Blank Adventures by Matt Muklusch; Flyaway by Helen Landalf; Katana by Cole Gibsen
Tammi	Sauer	Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Scott Magoon, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, 978-1416961109; Mr. Duck Means Business by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Jeff Mack, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, 978-1416985228; Me Want Pet! by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Bob Shea, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, 978-1442408104; Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Dan Santat, Sterling, 978-1402753664; Bawk and Roll by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Dan Santat, Sterling, 978-1402778377
Jolie	Stekly	I will let you know if I think I'm going to reference more than our Nuts and Bolts.
Caroline	Sun	Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein; Wildwood by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis; Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson; We Were Here by Matt de la Pena; I Will Save You by Matt de la Pena
Melissa	Sweet	Balloons Over Broadway; Carmine: A Little More Red; A River of Words: Rubia and the Three Osos; The Sleepy Little Alphabet
Rachel	Vail	Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters (Macmillan/Square Fish); Justin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom (Macmillan/Feiwel&Friends -- publishing May 2012); If We Kiss (HarperTeen); Sometimes I'm Bombaloo (Scholastic); Piggy Bunny (Feiwel&Friends -- publishing February 2012)
Andrea	Welch	LMNO PEAS by Keith Baker RAH, RAH, RADISHES by April Pulley Sayre WHO SAID COO? Deborah Ruddell SAY WHAT? Angela DiTerlizzi