I’ma Gonna Done Write a Book
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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Congratulations Betsy! What a fantastic resource for librarians and teachers!
Very cool! I look forward to checking it out. (The whole Winged Girl of Knossos thing ticks me off because none of the libraries in our consortium owns it, and I don’t want to read it *quite* badly enough to have it shipped in from elsewhere…)
Congratulations! That sounds like a fun–and handy–book.
Congratulations, Betsy! I think it sounds like a great book. And I loved what she said about appreciating your voice, because I agree that it’s fun and distinctive. Enjoy the process.
Whoot!
CONGRATULATIONS! Yay!
This is so very exciting — yay!
Oh, for heaven’s sake–when will your coolness end??? That’s fantastic! Congratulations! And they picked you for all the right reasons–especially your ability to both read so much and still make it to all the parties.
Being that you’re the perfect person to write this book…it’ll be awesome.
Aw. Thanks, guys. Fingers crossed as to whether I can put my writing to any kind of practical use.
Congratulations!
Erm, does this mean you might be able to prevail upon NYRB to add Winged Girl to their NYR Children’s Collection? Please?! (I have dim memories of reading it in my old elementary school library.)
I’m doing what I can for it, but it’s like pulling teeth. I think I should just make t-shirts with the image of the book and the words REPUBLISH MEEEEEEEEE!!!! Other than that, I’m running out of ideas.
Congratulations Betsy. That is the BEST news!
Congratulations, Betsy! I’m very happy for you.
Congrats! Great News…Looking forward to it! -Laura (HamFish)