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January 21, 2008
Here I am with the warm and gracious Judy Wheeler, owner of Towne Center Books and teacher extraordinaire, Lisa, of Highfill School. Lisa's "Highfill Crew" of fifth graders has a summer reading program and Hattie was their selection last summer. The program is so popular that the 7th graders actually come back to take part! How cool is that? And all thanks to a good heart and great teacher.
Judy and I discovered a joint passion for necklaces with words. I was wearing my "Lucky Charm" necklace and she wore her "yes/laugh" necklace. Judy hosts a monthly lunch with an author at her store - and she makes the lunch! I tell you, book people are the best. Not only was she a great hostess - aided by her amazing colleagues -- she let me pick out any book I wanted from the store. Talk about died and gone to heaven. Well, I snatched up a copy of Gary Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars, which I hadn't had a chance to read yet. I got in a few pages tonight and I have to say I am hooked. What a great voice. Another book I know I'm going to wish I had written.
The sweetest moment of this visit was when one of the audience members, a very sweet older woman from France, asked me to explain what "buffalo chips" were. Some things just don't translate. . .
Posted by kirby at January 21, 2008 10:01 PM