Author T.A. Barron is coming to Houston

Author T.A. Barron will be coming to Houston.

When: Sunday, 17. October 2010
Where: Inprint Houston "Cool Brains" Series
Houston, Texas
At Pershing Middle School Auditorium

3838 Blue Bonnet Blvd.

Event start: 3:00 pm
Everyone Welcome!

January is a special time of year, because the American Library Association (ALA) announces their children book awards. Last week some special books were honored. Here is the list so you can take a look.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children

Winner- "The Lion & the Mouse" illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney (published by Little, Brown and Co Books for Young Readers) See the link below for more information on this book and the honor book winners.

http://www.ala.org/template.cfm?template=/CFApps/awards_info/award_detail_home.cfm&FilePublishTitle=Awards,%20Grants%20and%20Scholarships&uid=E5C72B4A36B54164

John Newbery Medal for most outstanding contribution to children's literature.

Winner- "When You Reach Me" written by Rebecca Stead (published by Wendy Lamb Books, am imprint of Random House Children's Books) See the link below for more information on this book and the honor book winners.

http://www.ala.org/template.cfm?template=/CFApps/awards_info/award_detail_home.cfm&FilePublishTitle=Awards,%20Grants%20and%20Scholarships&uid=9975B44A8D61AEE9

For other literary award winners for children's and teen books go to http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymawrap.cfm

Blue Willow Bookshop

Parents- If you want to buy books for your children or yourself, make a trip to Blue Willow Bookshop. It is just down the street from Kendall Library, in the HEB shopping center at Memorial and Dairy Ashford. They sell books for children and adults and have knowledgable people to help you find just the right book. They also have frequent author events at the store. Check them out on http://www.bluewillowbookshop.com/. (I also have a link on the right of this page.)

Author to watch for:
Mo Willems- author of the new Cat the Cat book series

Signing date- Wed. Feb. 17, 2010 at 5pm

Location: Meadow Wood Elementary
14230 Memorial Drive,Houston, Texas 77079

Kendall Halloween Party

Ready for Halloween? Join us at Kendall Library Thursday October 29 at 4 pm for our Halloween Party. For children 4 and up, we will have games, a craft, stories and food! Any children who wears a costume can be part of our costume contest and win a prize.

Preschool Learning Storytime

Programs for children are very important at Kendall Library. One of my favorites is my Preschool Learning Storytime on Tuesdays at 10:30am. This past two months we have talked about shapes, sorting and patterns, all pre-math skills. For the storytimes I have used the What's the Big Idea? materials. For more information about that program, go to http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/ .

Scary Stories- Come one, Come all!

Skyline Screamers
October 30th, 7:30 am Marmion Park
Heights Blvd. at 18th, Houston

Fun Ghostly Tales!!!!

International Quilt Festival

Friday my mother and I attended the International Quilt Festival at the George R. Brown Convention Center. I don't make quilts but I do like looking at them. And we saw such beautiful works of art. All were made with fabric but most were not your classic patchwork quilts. Do try to attend some time- it is worth it. And go to their website www.quilts.com - maybe they will have pictures up for some of the winning quilts.