The Day the Dragon Danced by Kay Haugaard, illustrated by Carolyn Reed Barritt
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It’s true what they say on Cheers: there’s nothing like going to a place where everybody knows your name.
The California School Library Association conference began today. I set up our booth and opened for business tonight at the evening exhibits reception. I had been pretty stressed about this conference all week, but now that the first day is over, I’m pretty jazzed despite my fatigue.
I always seem to forget, in the intervening year between conferences, how enthusiastic all these attendees are and how wonderful it is to watch people walk up to the booth, look upward to read the banner, and then exclaim, “Shen’s Books! I love Shen’s Books!” Most of these librarians already receive our catalog in the mail, and most of them have bought books from the catalog in the past.
One group of librarians from San Jose were particularly enthusiastic, and we talked about hosting a librarian’s field trip to our store for them. One of the librarians had visited us recently and told all her friends about how great our selection was, and especially raved about a particular book that Shen's Books publishes, The Day the Dragon Danced by Kay Haugaard and illustrated by Carolyn Reed Barritt.
The Day the Dragon Danced is great because it is a Chinese New Year’s parade story, but it features a little black girl as its main character. The girl takes her grandmother to see the parade, where she explains what she learned in school about Chinese New Year. Her father is a member of the dragon dance troupe, along with other ethnically diverse friends from the community. It is bright and colorful, and I think it really represents the diversity of our nation, and how we have taken traditions from other cultures and made them our own.
That librarian convinced two of her colleagues to buy copies right then and there. I think it’s so great to watch customers do the selling. It reminds me of how passionate readers are about sharing books we love.
The Day the Dragon Danced by Kay Haugaard, illustrated by Carolyn Reed Barritt
It’s true what they say on Cheers: there’s nothing like going to a place where everybody knows your name.The California School Library Association conference began today. I set up our booth and opened for business tonight at the evening exhibits reception. I had been pretty stressed about this conference all week, but now that the first day is over, I’m pretty jazzed despite my fatigue.
I always seem to forget, in the intervening year between conferences, how enthusiastic all these attendees are and how wonderful it is to watch people walk up to the booth, look upward to read the banner, and then exclaim, “Shen’s Books! I love Shen’s Books!” Most of these librarians already receive our catalog in the mail, and most of them have bought books from the catalog in the past.
One group of librarians from San Jose were particularly enthusiastic, and we talked about hosting a librarian’s field trip to our store for them. One of the librarians had visited us recently and told all her friends about how great our selection was, and especially raved about a particular book that Shen's Books publishes, The Day the Dragon Danced by Kay Haugaard and illustrated by Carolyn Reed Barritt.
The Day the Dragon Danced is great because it is a Chinese New Year’s parade story, but it features a little black girl as its main character. The girl takes her grandmother to see the parade, where she explains what she learned in school about Chinese New Year. Her father is a member of the dragon dance troupe, along with other ethnically diverse friends from the community. It is bright and colorful, and I think it really represents the diversity of our nation, and how we have taken traditions from other cultures and made them our own.
That librarian convinced two of her colleagues to buy copies right then and there. I think it’s so great to watch customers do the selling. It reminds me of how passionate readers are about sharing books we love.
The Day the Dragon Danced by Kay Haugaard, illustrated by Carolyn Reed Barritt
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