As you know, I’ve been at the Missouri Association of School Librarians conference the last few days. I attended lots of sessions and I'm excited about some of the new programs and ideas shared by other librarians. I was also very excited to meet Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series! He was a very gracious man. He used to teach middle school social studies which explains how he knows his readers so well. Check out his website
http://rickriordan.blogspot.com/
This conference is where Missouri Reader awards are announced and often the winners from the previous year are there to accept their awards in person.
Here are the 2009 winners (drum roll, please):
Mark Twain Award:
3rd Place - Rules (1,675 votes)
2nd Place - Million Dollar Putt (3,286 votes)
1st Place - Sea of Monsters (11,823 votes)
Rick Riordan won the award two years in a row! Pretty neat!
Truman Awards:
3rd Place-Rash (547 votes)
2nd Place-Runaway (598 votes)
1st Place Life As We Knew It (840 votes)
So what do you think of the results? Do you agree with them? Be sure to comment and share your thoughts.
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