WASHINGTON LIBRARY MEDIA ASSOCIA

WASHINGTON LIBRARY MEDIA ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Yakima, WA October 8th, 9th and 10th

Catch the Information Express! Connect, Engage, Inspire

Program/Sessions

Authors/Guest Speaker

Conference Committee

	Friday Banquet Guest Speaker: Gene Tagaban "Ravendreaming" "Dreaming of a World in Which We Want to Belong" Inspirational Speaker, Facilitator, Storyteller, Performer
Gene Tagaban "Ravendreaming" www.genetagaban.com, onecrazyraven@gmail.com 360-384-9016 253-856-9654	Gene Tagaban’s passion for his topics shines through in his polished, powerful yet playful manner of engaging participants. Believing that learning and laughter go hand-in-hand, he educates and entertains through a skillful blend of knowledge, humor, examples, stories, discussion, and activities. His very “real” and genuine approach often turns even the most reluctant attendees into eager participants. And he’s not afraid to get personal. By openly sharing his traditions, culture and past experiences with the training topics, Gene helps participants identify and laugh at their own faults while simultaneously sparking in them a desire to improve. Gene Tagaban, an accomplished and gifted speaker, storyteller, actor, dancer, musician and trainer. His heritage is Cherokee, Tlingit and Filipino. He is of the Tak’deintaan Raven Freshwater Sockeye clan of Hoonah, Alaska, and the Child of a Wooshkeetaan Eagle Shark clan of Juneau, Alaska. Gene has twenty years experience as a trainer, motivator, speaker and performing artist. Gene has uniquely integrated his interpersonal skills, Native American heritage and performance artistry with traditional training and counseling techniques to develop inspirational and results-oriented performances, presentations and personal growth workshops with individuals and groups of all ages. Gene’s performance, speaking and workshops engage the imagination and connect the audience with the possibility of empowerment, leadership, communication, relationship, diversity, spirit and honor. Gene has worked with schools, universities, reservations, villages, corporations, government and mainstream organizations. Gene was presented with the Whatcom County’s Peace Builders Award, featured presenter for Seattle’s Ethnic Heritage Council's Naturalization Ceremony, featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival, and played a lead role in Sherman Alexie’s “The Business of Fancydancing.”
Books	Featured Authors: Elementary Junior Senior Other Invited Authors
Awful Ogre Running Wild Toy Dance Party The Shivers in the Fridge Toys Go Out Knick-Knack Paddywhack! Awful Ogre's Awful Day Rapunzel Swamp Angel Rumpelstiltskin More titles by Paul Zelinsky	Paul O. Zelinsky Elementary Author/Illustrator Speaker at Saturday's Lunch - Ticketed Event $25	Paul Zelinsky is the illustrator of many popular and award-winning books for children, a number of which he also wrote or adapted. Known for the versatility of his style, his various books are sometimes well known to readers who may not realize that they come from the same artist. Perhaps his best-known work is the movable book, The Wheels on the Bus, which has sold more than three million copies worldwide. His retelling of Rapunzel won the Caldecott Medal in 1998 for its Renaissance style oil paintings. His most recent books are The Shivers in the Fridge, a story by Fran Manushkin about a family of refrigerator magnets and the award-winning Toys Go Out, a chapter book by Emily Jenkins. Check out the Shivers in the Fridge animations at www.paulozelinsky.com//shivers-animation1.html and www.paulozelinsky.com//shirvers-animation2.html
The Skin I'm In (1998) Money Hungry (2002) Begging for Change (2003) Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories About Boys and the Girls in Their Lives (2004) The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street (2007) Bang! (Sept. 2005)	Sharon Flake Jr. High/Middle School Author Speaker at Friday's Breakfast - Ticketed Event $20	With almost a million books in print, Sharon G. Flake is one of the most popular young adult authors in the country. Her work is used in elementary school through college and has been translated into French and Italian. She has garnered many awards for her work, including two Coretta Scott King awards and numerous others. Her work is used with gifted students as well as struggling readers and special education students, while also being read by adults in book clubs across the nation. Sharon has a new book coming out in February 2010. It is a collection of short stories and poems about boys.
Deadline The Sledding Hill King of the Mild Frontier Whale Talk Ironman Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes Athletic Shorts Running Loose Stotan! The Crazy Horse Electric Game Chinese Handcuffs The Deep End Angry Management (June 2009)	Photo Credit: Kelly Halls Chris Crutcher High School Author Speaker at Saturday's Breakfast - Ticketed Event $20	Chris Crutcher is a 62 year-old therapy consultant and award winning young adult novelist known for his realistic fiction and unflinching authenticity. Thanks to a skillful balance of humor and heartbreak, his story telling has touched millions of readers, both young and old, regardless of gender. But a frequent undercurrent of athletic themes make Crutcher books favorites among hard to please young men. In addition to his more traditional awards, Crutcher proudly embraces his standing as a top ten banned books author. He speaks at conferences, universities, libraries and public schools more than 200 days a year to enthusiastic audiences across the United States and around the world, including Russia, Italy, Germany, Poland, Singapore, China and Hong Kong. However, Crutcher makes his home in Spokane, Washington.
Other Invited Authors
Empress of the World The Rules for Hearts	Sarah Ryan	Sara is the author of two young adult novels (YA), both of which won the Oregon Book Award for young adult fiction. She has also authored and co-authored several comic books.
The Sisters Grimm series: Book One: The Fairy-Tale Detectives Book Two: The Unusual Suspects Book Three: The Problem Child Book Four: Once Upon a Crime Book Five: Magic and other Misdemeanors Book Six: Tales from the Hood Book Seven: The Everafter War N.E.R.D.S. (Due out this fall)	Michael Buckley	Michael Buckley is the author of the New York Times best-selling series The Sisters Grimm. He has also written and developed shows for Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV Animation, the Sci-Fi Channel, the Discovery Channel, and VH1.
Fablehaven, Fabelhaven: Rise of the Evening Star Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague The Candy Shop War	Brandon Mull	Brandon Mull has worked as a comedian, a filing clerk, a patio installer, a movie promoter, a copywriter, and briefly as a chicken stacker. His favorite job is writing fiction, partly because making up elaborate lies has always come naturally. He travels the county visiting schools, promoting literacy, and sharing his message that "Imagination Can Take You Places."
I Bought a Baby Chicken Dinosaur Mummies Albino Animals Wild Dogs Tales of the Cryptids Random House Dinosaur Travel Guide Mysteries of the Mummy Kids Wild Horses Dinosaur Parade Saving the Baghdad Zoo (Fall 2009) Searching for Sasquatch (Fall 2011)	Kelly Milner Halls	Kelly Milner Halls found her niche and her voice as a nonfiction children's writer when she learned to embrace her inner geek. After writing more than 1,600 articles and book reviews for publications including Booklist, Book Links, Bookpage, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Denver Post, Highlights for Children, Guidepost for Kids, Dig, Ask, Teen PEOPLE and dozens of other magazines, she moved into the world on nonfiction books with a quirky edge. Children and educators responded whole heartedly to what Halls refers to as, "the wonders of weird." She does regular school and library visits along with conference presentations and lives in Spokane, Washington.