Review: Born to Dance

This book celebrates moments of joy in childhood - and it's amazing.

This book follows Dancers Among Us (which I adored). I read an ARC and when I was standing in line, the author mentioned that the book will be different - so now I'm looking forward to the release date to see the final product. I really enjoyed these photos. It's hard picking favorites, but here are a few that I adored:

It's the perfect book for sharing!

Cover Thoughts: Perfect

Source: BEA 18 book

Release Date: October 2018

Recommendations: Gift ideas for Christmas and public libraries.

BEA Recap in Photos

Last week was Book Expo America - or in other words, bookmania.

On Wednesday after arriving in New York, I attended two events.

Novl Tea at Little Brown.

And the SLJ Librarians' Dinner, which I don't have any pictures from, but it was lots of fun with CT Librarian friends and amazing authors. Also they signed books, meaning I didn't have to wait in line for them the next day.

Thursday and Friday were both packed full of authors, books, and bookish people. The pictures are not in any real order.

Ryan T. Higgins signing Bruce's Big Move. I love this picture book series. Santa Bruce comes out later this fall.

Jen Calonita signing Misfits, the spin-off series of Fairy Tale Reform School

Tony DiTerlizzi signing posters of The Broken Ornament, which comes out later this fall.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka signing Hey, Kiddo - his graphic novel memoir which is sad, but really really good. Also David Levithan, his editor, is there too.

The Queen with her corgis - just hanging out in the Scholastic Booth - promoting Spy Kids.

Shannon and Dean Hale signing Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare

Jordan Matter signing his Born to Dance book, I love these pictures. He confessed that the real book is even better because they had to change some things around.

Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulous signing I am Neil Armstrong.

Eoin Colfer signing Artemis Fowl (soon to be a movie)

Martina McBride signing a picture for her upcoming cookbook.

Jan Brett signing her newest book Snowy Nap. They handed out bags to match the cover of the book. So cute!

Mark Crilley drawing me a picture in his new drawing book

Brigid Kemmerer signing her upcoming book a Curse So Dark and Lonely

Spy School series stand.

Hanging out with Brad Meltzer again.

Also I met my #otspsecretsister that I'm gifting this time around!
Check us out on her Instagram page.

So there you have it, three days of fun in pictures.

Stay tuned for more about the books.

Dancers Among Us

I heard about this book at BEA last year and I was finally able to get my hands on a copy - I just LOVED the idea so much! Basically, it's a book of photographs of dancers in normal settings.

This book blew me away. I loved the photographs. There was so much emotion displayed. I starred at the photographs in wonder. They made me smile. They made me laugh. They made me think.

My favorites are the girl reading outside a building that looks to be a college dorm along with the cram session inside a college library. No wonder that both of them have to do with books.

A brilliant beautiful book that's perfect for sharing. 

Book Character Outfits: Dancers Among Us

As long as I can remembers, I've always wanted to be a ballerina. I never look lessons, but it's always looked fun. Over BEA last year, I heard about Dancers Among Us and wanted to read it and soak in the pictures. I finally have a copy. It's a book about ballerinas and dancers posing in the normal world. Of course, if it was me, I'd like to pose in a library reading a book, or in field of flowers, or under the night sky...

Here's my sample outfit:

The pin will also go up on my Library Pinterest Board

BEA Wrap Up: Part 1 - Monday

I'm still trying to remember everyone I met and everything I saw that looked awesome - it's pretty hard. BEA is my favorite book moments of the year. I look forward to it each yet. I love meeting people who love books as much as I do! 

Monday I went to the Book Blogger Con for the first time. It was interesting and I loved meeting so many bloggers!

I got eat breakfast with Jenny Han (I really need to her books! I keep hearing awesome things about them and they're perfect for summer.), Tricia Rayburn (who has an awesome sounding middle grade novel coming out under T.R. Burns and I loved her Maggie Bean books), and Sonja Manzano (who plays Maria on Sesame Street and has a YA book coming out with a GREAT cover story.)

I adored Jennifer Weiner! As the keynote speaker, she made great points about the lack of respect for women's fiction and those who blog about women's fiction. She was really sweet and very funny.

During Lunch, I got to chat with Julie Kagawa (who is so super nice), Jordan Matter (who's book of photographing dancers looks amazing) and Heather Ross (who makes her own fabrics and has a craft book coming out. She also has a picture book out in the fall).

One of the dancers from Jordan Matter

After panels on Blogging Today, Critical Reviews, and Demystifying the Book Blogger & Publisher Relationship where I jotted down notes for future reference, Jenny Lawson from the Bloggess ended the day. She was amusing and very honest. 

After the day, I went to a dinner party for Soho Teen, in the cutest restaurant.

We talked about books, authors, and book cover over food. Soho is just starting a teen imprint. Keep your eyes out for great books coming soon!