Date: March 7, 2010

Time:  9:30am 

Where: WBALTV Channel 11

Spring Into Good Books!

1.  The Heist Society by Ally Carter

2.  War Games by Audrey Couloumbis and Akila Couloumbis

3.  A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert Soup

4.  The Book That Eats People by John Perry

5.  Cupcake by Charise Mericle Harper

6.  Peek-A-Bloom by Marie Torres Cimarusti

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SOMIRAC Annual Conference Hunt Valley Marriott, Maryland  April 14-16

 Barb will be presenting:

1.  Wednesday April 14 12:30pm  Book Prescriptions

2.  Friday April 16 10:45am  What's New in Children's Books

3.  Friday  April 16  12:30pm  Conversation with Gail Carson Levine 

To register for the  SOMIRAC (State of Maryland International Reading Association Council) Annual Conference, here's a link:   http://www.somirac.org/conference/frmRegistration.cfm

Books featured on WBALTV in January Award Winners 1.  Bad News For Outlaws by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson     (Coretta Scott King Author Award) 2.  My People by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Charles R. Smith, Jr.     (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award)  3.  Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! by Geoffrey Hayes (Geisel Award) 4.  The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (Caldecott Award) 5.  Claudette Colvin by Phillip Hoose (Newbery Honor Award) 6.  When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead  (Newbery Award)