ALA Annual True/False Test

The American Library Association Annual Conference is nigh, and I’m pleased to say that I’ll be attending and taking part in a session called Children’s and YA Book Blogs: Enhancing Library Services at 8:00 am on Sunday, June 27.

Please mark the following “true” or “false” (answer key below).

1. The room where our program is taking place (Washington Convention Center, 204 B/C) is actually the starting point of a Neil Gaiman book signing line. ____

2. I’ll be there riding the coattails of outstanding children’s lit bloggers Pam Coughlin (MotherReader) and Elizabeth Burns (A Chair, a Fireplace, a Tea Cozy). ____

3. Our session has been dubbed “The Early Blog Special” and waffles will be served. ____

4. Since the conference is in Washington D.C., I will desperately searching for any way to mention that I have done some Abe Lincoln impersonation in my day. ____

See you there!

Answers:

1. False. That was a cheap ploy. Sorry about that.

2. True. Hopefully not literally – riding coattails really does a number on your tailbone, I hear.

3. The first half true (although I’m the only one calling it that), second part false (although, I wish).

4. True. “Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a librarian convention…”