I’m passionate about reading phenomenal books and getting teens to read! The past 14 years I have devoted my experience as the Coordinator for the Diversity Guest Author community event at Charlotte Country Day School. Together with Brian Wise and Molly Phillips, my amazing colleagues. We have managed event planning for over 1,000 students and teachers with author visits, workshops, and book signings for an incredible array of award winning authors. We have hosted Walter Dean

I loved my experiences on the national book award Printz 2018 committee. The awesome people at Nerdy Book Club published my essay about why libraries matter in our society. #Printz #Librarian #Libraries #books #reading

My experience on the Printz Committee was a phenomenal experience in reading for excellence in Young Adult literature. I had a wonderful professional development learning with my fellow librarians and evaluating excellence in literature. This is a process I began 15 years ago when I worked in children’s publishing and working part time at the New York Public Library. I have long considered being a librarian my calling and working with like-minded professionals. I am phenomen

My Printz committee experience gave me the opportunity to read FABULOUS YA books over the past year!! Here are nine of my favorites: Invictus by Ryan Gaudin Adventuresome, sci-fi story taking place in a world where traveling through time is the government’s job to make sure no one can change history. A boy named Far is born outside of time and this causes certain events to unravel. Far and his friends must race to find out what is hunting them and unraveling historic events

I am beyond thrilled to be a part of the 2018 Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult literature. The announcement today heralded the best books of the year. My utmost respect is given for my fellow librarians and our work on the 2018 Printz . Likewise the plethora of talents of our winners—Laini Taylor, Jason Reynolds, Angie Thomas, Deborah Heiligman, and Nina Lacour. (photo credit to—Megan Brevard) #Printz #printzaward #AngieThomas #JasonReynolds #LainiTaylor #YALSA #20