18th Annual Reading Round-Up of Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference

Reading Round-Up is a conference to learn ideas for promoting, marketing, evaluating, and purchasing noteworthy juvenile literature.

Photos from the 2007 Conference

	Despite the spring snowstorm, over 300 librarians and authors attended the 18th Annual Reading Round-Up Conference of Children’s and Young Adult Literature at the Augusta Civic Center April 12. “Dewey or Don’t We – Essential Nonfiction” was the theme of the 2007 conference. Keynote speaker was Susan Campbell Bartoletti who has written many award-winning nonfiction books including the 2006 Newbery Honor for Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow. Although many of Bartoletti’s books are serious in nature covering topics such as child labor and the coal industry, her talk at the conference was full of humorous anecdotes. Bartoletti resides in Moscow, Pennsylvania.
Maine author Bruce McMillan received a Katahdin Award from the Maine Library Association’s Youth Service Section. This lifetime achievement award is given to recognize an outstanding body of work in the field of Maine children's and young adult literature. McMillan is a nationally recognized photographer and author of books for younger readers. The recipient of the award is given a specially designed and engraved set of book ends as shown above.	Kelly Cunnane (left) received the 2006 Lupine Picture Book Award for For You Are a Kenyan Child, and Maine Guide Garrett Conover garnered the 2006 Juvenile/Young Adult Lupine Award for Kristin’s Wilderness: A Braided Trail.
Presenting the latest and greatest information about audiobooks were Deborah Locke and Robin Whitten. Jocelyn Hubbell (right) presented an exuberant talk about Cornerstones of Science, one of 11 workshops offered at the conference.
Maine author Melissa Sweet talked about picture book biographies at her workshop. Actor David LaGraffe (right) from South Portland closed the conference with a spirited reading of E. B. White’s story “A Second Tree from the Corner.”

2007 Program

Keynote -- "Mrs. Walsh, Warriner's and the Best Lesson I Have Ever Learned." Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Cream of the Crop (pre K-lower elem.) Louise Capizzo, Falmouth Memorial Library; Kathy George, Gray Public Library; Marilyn Taylor, Scarborough Public Library
Cream of the Crop (Gr. 3-12) Leslie Rounds, Dyer Library, Saco; Vicky Smith, McArthur Public Library, Biddeford
Focus on Nonfiction: The Writing and Research Process (middle school and older) Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Two Points of View (preschool-middle school) Mary Cerullo, Maine Author, North Yarmouth; Bruce McMillan, Maine Author, Shapleigh
Connecting to Science: Engaging Books and Resources for Children & Teens (all ages w/emphasis on 3rd-12th grade) Jocelyn Hubbell, Executive Director, Cornerstones of Science, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick
Native American Books: the Good, the Bad, and the So-So (all ages) Lynn Lowell, Librarian, Old Town Elementary School
Celebrating Maine Classics (all ages) Terry Gruener, Adjunct Professor, University of Maine System
A Maine Resource for All: An Introduction to the Margaret Chase Smith Library (all ages) David Richards, Assistant Director, Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan
The Story Behind the Story: Picture Book Biographies (early elem. - middle school) Melissa Sweet, Maine Author, Rockport
Sound Ideas (early elem. - high school) Deborah Locke, Librarian, Westbrook High School; Robin Whitten, Editor and Founder, AudioFile Magazine, Portland
Early Connections with Child Care Providers (preschool) Laurel Parker, Children's Librarian, Windham Public Library
Closing Session -- Readings by David LaGraffe, Actor/Oral Interpreter