WCCPBA Co-Chair Meeting

On Saturday I met w/ Karen Huebshuman my co-chair on the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (WCCPBA) Committee at the Mill Plain Starbucks in Vancouver, WA (I had my usual hot chocolate & chocolate chip cookie). We have served together as co-chairs for a couple of years now. Today we reviewed letters of interest for 2 open positions on our committee and made selections. It was great to see interest for the committee. It was also nice to fill the positions with folks from places in the state we haven't had on the committee. It truly makes this a state-wide committee.

We also talked about preparing committee response to concern about "My Father, the Dog." We received an e-mail stating that they thought the book was degrading to dads. It's been a couple years since we've received a complaint on a book title. The committee member who initially suggested the book is going to work with Karen on a reply.

The nomination deadline for WCCPBA 2009 suggestions is coming up soon (January 18, 2008). Criteria for nominating can be found 0n the WCCPBA web-page. Last year we had over 100 titles to read and discuss.

We discussed housekeeping items, like: planning our spring meeting and ordering new award plates. At the end, like all meetings between school librarians we discussed books we were reading, compared schedules/calendars, and shared tips & tricks.

On our way out, I gave Karen her "Teacher-Librarian of the Year" poster that was on display at the fall conference, what a deserving honor for her!