Plan on attending MAME's Spring Workshop:*Celebrate Books and Reading! *which is scheduled for Saturday, April 23rd. Everyone is welcome: school & public librarians, teachers, and any book lover! Bring a friend. The location is near the Howell Tanger Outlet Mall; so plan on a day of learning, sharing, and shopping!! You can find out more and register at: http://bit.ly/MAMEspring Here is the lineup: Colby Sharp *Building and Fostering a Reading Community * *Colby Sharp loves all things books. When he’s not reading with his third graders, he might be hosting book-related Twitter chats, reviewing titles on his website (mrcolbysharp.com <https://sharpread.wordpress.com/>), or blogging at the Nerdy Book Club <https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/>, which Sharp cofounded with Donalyn Miller and two other educators. Colby facilitates Nerd Camp, a summer Edcamp PD conference with a literacy twist.* Kim Clark and Kim Troost *Make Your Book Clubs a Blast!* *Kim Clark, Media Specialist, and Kim Troost, Classroom Teacher, will talk about practical ideas for launching your book clubs in a way that sparks the interest of every reader. Help children and teens achieve new heights and explore a universe of reading with strategies that you can apply to multiple titles and situations.* Leslie Bermel: Junior Library Guild *New Release Books Your Students Will Love* Leslie Bermel is JLG's resident book talker. If it's good, she's read it! She has become one of the faces of the best new books as she travels throughout the country talking with librarians and educators. Thousands of children's books are released each year; which do you choose? This booktalk highlights some of Leslie's new favorites among this season’s outstanding new or soon-to-be released titles (Fall and Winter ‘17). The talk will include discussion of possible classroom uses, target audience, and why these particular books are so appealing. Lunch is included and SCECH's are available. Questions?? Let me know, --Kathy Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA MAME Past-President 2014 School Librarian/Technology Integrationist East Middle School, Plymouth-Canton Schools *2012 **State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner* kathyL@mimame.org cell: 810-333-5873