Lisa Yee (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lisayee) wrote,@ 2008-01-14 23:49:00 |
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Muffins, Medals and Mo
One of these things is not like the others . . .
In preparation for an official LAYA (Los Angeles Young Adult Authors) Board of Directors meeting, I baked chocolate chip muffins. Then I ate them and baked some more.
The LAYAs were fabulous, as always. However, we had trouble staying on topic . . .
(Above: Sally Nemeth with hostess and Peepy hater, Amy Goldman Koss, and Mark London Williams)
(Above: Kerry Madden, Eileen Rosenbloom, Michael Reisman, and Paula Yoo. Not pictured, Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy)
The last time the LAYAs gathered, it was our semi-annual holiday party. We had a gift exchange and I ended up with the sock-keeper-togethers-for-the-washing machine. As much as I loved them, I regifted them to this fabulous buzz-worthy author when he won the Bodacious Book Title Contest. (At least I think he got them, or it could have been one of the Honor Winners.)
Speaking of awards, there was another contest recently. You may have heard of it. The NewberyCaldecottPrinzOdysseyCorettaScott
Congratulations to all the winners, and especially to Brian Selznick for his Caldecott Medal for the totally amazing THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET! I really believe that Brian has created a new genre, and henceforth all books that combine pictures and a novel in such a flawless manner shall be deemed Selznickian . . .
(Above: Brian and Moi)
And congrats also to Mo Willems for his Geisel Award AND his Caldecott Honor. (Uh, Mo, one's not enough?) . . .
(Above: Tall Mo, Jack Gantos and his daughter, Moi, and the irrepressible--apprehendable?--David Lubar at the Booklist Humor Forum at the ALA New Orleans*)
*Since the photo was taken, we have all gotten better looking and smarter.
One of these things is not like the others . . .
In preparation for an official LAYA (Los Angeles Young Adult Authors) Board of Directors meeting, I baked chocolate chip muffins. Then I ate them and baked some more.
The LAYAs were fabulous, as always. However, we had trouble staying on topic . . .
(Above: Sally Nemeth with hostess and Peepy hater, Amy Goldman Koss, and Mark London Williams)
(Above: Kerry Madden, Eileen Rosenbloom, Michael Reisman, and Paula Yoo. Not pictured, Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy)
The last time the LAYAs gathered, it was our semi-annual holiday party. We had a gift exchange and I ended up with the sock-keeper-togethers-for-the-washing machine. As much as I loved them, I regifted them to this fabulous buzz-worthy author when he won the Bodacious Book Title Contest. (At least I think he got them, or it could have been one of the Honor Winners.)
Speaking of awards, there was another contest recently. You may have heard of it. The NewberyCaldecottPrinzOdysseyCorettaScott
Congratulations to all the winners, and especially to Brian Selznick for his Caldecott Medal for the totally amazing THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET! I really believe that Brian has created a new genre, and henceforth all books that combine pictures and a novel in such a flawless manner shall be deemed Selznickian . . .
(Above: Brian and Moi)
And congrats also to Mo Willems for his Geisel Award AND his Caldecott Honor. (Uh, Mo, one's not enough?) . . .
(Above: Tall Mo, Jack Gantos and his daughter, Moi, and the irrepressible--apprehendable?--David Lubar at the Booklist Humor Forum at the ALA New Orleans*)
*Since the photo was taken, we have all gotten better looking and smarter.
