WLMA CONFERENCE HISTORY
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Year | Location | Theme | President | Elem. Author | MS Author | HS Author | Major Speakers |
Yakima | Year of the Child | Gene Friese | Tomie de Paola | Walt Morey | |||
Seattle | Bob Irvine | Stanley Kramer, film director | |||||
Spokane | Looking Ahead | Hester Davidson | Jack Prelutsky | Paula Danziger | Richard Dougherty & Ruth Kirk | ||
Ellensburg | Western | Dave Wagar | Donald Sobol | Lois Duncan | Ann Rule | Gene & Yvonne Prater | |
Vancouver | Partners in Excellence: Joint with OEMA | Cathy McLeod | Willo Davis Roberts | Richard Peck | John Nance, Pat Rhoades Mauser | ||
Yakima | The Future is Here | Shirley Painter | Barbara Berger | Louise Moeri | William Sleator | ||
Seattle | Putting the Pieces | Mary Lou Gregory | Jose Aruego | Jay Bennett | Robert Cormier | Alex Haley, David Greenberg, Nancy Luenn | |
Pasco | New Horizons: Pursuing the Challenge | Nancy Graf | Gail Gibbons | Paula Danziger | Terry Davis | Pat | |
Wenatchee | WLMA: Network of Sharing | Eileen Andersen | Marianna Mayer | Gloria Miklowitz | Joanne Greenberg | ||
Portland | A Bridge to New Ideas; Joint with OEMA | Carol Hoyt | E.L. Konigsburg | Lois Lowry | John Saul | ||
Yakima | A Year to Celebrate | Joan Newman | Betty Ren Wright | Avi | J.A. Jance | Dr. Dianne Hopkins, Dr. Judith Billings | |
Seattle | Changes and Challenges:5-organization Conference | Ginny Vogel | Shelley Gill | Alden Carter | Chris Crutcher | ||
Tacoma | Libraries: A World of Information | Carol Mackey | Arthur Dorros | Walter Dean Myers | Jean Davies Okimoto, Lensey Namioka, Bette Kopit. | ||
Everett | Expanding Horizons | Elaine Twogood | Mary Downing Hahn | Bruce Brooks | Terry Brooks | Tony Hillerman, Jennifer James | |
Spokane | Library Media Centers: The Greatest Show on Earth | Kathy Lemmer | Patrician Polacco | Paul Fleischman, Lynn Hall | Tracy Hickman | Alan November, Aaron Elkins | |
Yakima | Reach Out to the World of Information | Susan Baker | Nancy White | Lensey Namioka | Lois Duncan | David Thornberg, Terry | |
Portland | Northwest Connections; Joint with OEMA | Joanne Sheely | Gerald McDermott | Peg Kehret | Richard Peck | Caroline Cooney, Patricia Rushford, Tom Snyder. | |
Wenatchee | Forward Ho; onto the Millennium | Eve Datisman | Tom Birdseye | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Greg Bear | David Loertscher, Peter Milbury, Living Voices, Andres Glass, Robert Wells. | |
Tacoma | Information Frontier: | Barb Engvall | Ian Wallace | Patricia Wrede | David Guterson | Annette Lamb & Larry Johnson; Ken Haycock, Bette Kopit, John Dashney, Terry Bergeson. | |
Yakima | Celebrate School | Judy Carlson | Eric Kimmel | Ann Rinaldi | Chris Crutcher | Dr. Gary Hartzell | |
Spokane | Turning the Pages to the 21st Century | Sue Weiss | Ron Hirschi | Kathryn Lasky | Linda Crew | Jamieson McKenzie, Terry Bergeson | |
Bellevue | Power Up! Information Collaboration Inspiration | Darwin Page | Ruth Heller | Claire Rudolf Murphy | Jennifer Armstrong | Mike Eisenberg, Carla Nuxoll, Harriet Selverstone, Ted Hutchinson (Storyteller) | |
Wenatchee | Literacy = Libraries2 | Jan Weber | Laura McGee Kvasnosky | Will Hobbs | Jeanette Ingold | Doug Johnson, Gene Sharratt | |
Portland | Libraries without Boundaries 2002: Joint with OEMA | Marie-Anne Harkness | Francisco Jimenez | Lois Lowry Jacqueline Woodson Regional authors:Carmen Bernier-Grand, | Virginia Euwer Wolff An Na | Richard Rodriguez Special presenters: Bernie Dodge, Mike Eisenberg, Judy Freeman, Doug Johnson, Jamie McKenzie, Claire Rudolf Murphy | |
Yakima | Making the GrA+de | Sally Lancaster | Pat Mora | Ben Mikaelsen Regional authors: Teresa Bateman, Marian Broida, Derek Munson, Mr. Noiseguy, | Alex Flinn | Joyce Valenza, Marilyn Grey. Special presenters: Kathy Baxter, Ken Mochizuki, Nancy Polette, Bob Berkowitz, Dr. Ellen M. Jay. | |
Bellevue | Access, Advocacy, Action | Andrea Hynes | Susan Meddaugh | Jack Gantos | Annette Curtis Klause | Nancy Pearl | |
Yakima | Teacher-Librarians ABC | Kay Evey | Patricia Reilly Giff | Gordon Korman | Alec Sanchez | Joy Hakim | |
SeaTac | Stretch Yourself @ Your Library | Sarah Applegate | Bruce Coville | Sharon Draper | Sharon Staples | John Antonetti, Joe McHugh | |
Yakima | Be the Link! | Marianne Hunter | Judy Schachner | T.A. Barron | Orson Scott Card | Eric Liu, Luis Rodriguez, Patrick Carman |
