NY Librarians Preview Fall Book Lineups

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By SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 7/30/2008 2:00:00 PM

More than 300 librarians gathered at the 42nd Street branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL) last week to get a sneak peek of several fall book releases.

Sponsored by NYPL, School Library Journal, and Library Journal, the daylong event brought together children’s and adult librarians, who listened as publishers introduced their fall lineups and told the stories behind their upcoming books.

Divided into two sessions—one for children’s librarians and one for adult librarians—the morning session included 20-minute presentations by nine children’s publishers: Abdo, Capstone Publishers, Feiwel, Kids Can Press, Lerner, Little, Brown, National Geographic, Peachtree, and Random House.

SLJ’s book review editor, Trev Jones, kicked off the event by introducing singer Lisa Loeb, whose new kiddie CD, “Camp Lisa” is due out this fall.

A copy of the day’s program is available at  http://www.libraryjournal.com/contents/pdf/NYPLProgram_lores.pdf.