I miss the Olympics. I love the anticipation before the race, the heart-pounding battle on the ice, and the swell of joy (or agony) as the winners receive their medals.
Last Saturday, I met some medal winners. The kid lit kind! I braved our inch thick, icy Minnesota highways to attend the 22nd Annual Hubbs Children's Literature Conference at the University of St. Thomas. (If I had taken a picture of the campus that day all you would see was white. The snow piles were over 6 feet tall.)
My favorite words of wisdom from the day...
"History is a series of moral contradictions." - Steve Sheinkin, Newbery Honor author.
"Illustrating has brought me to places I've never thought I'd go." - Lauren Stringer, IRA Children's Choice Award author and illustrator.
"Who knows more about what's fair or righteous then children." - Sarah Warren, Jane Addams Children's Book Award author.
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