September/October Member News

Junette (Judy) K. Woller had a poem published in Summer Shorts from Blooming Tree Press in Austin. Summer Shorts is an anthology of short stories and poems for kids 7 and up. A book release party for the book was held on September 9.

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Lupe Ruiz-Flores had her story, "You Changed My Life, Mama," published in the September/October 2006 issue of Positive Thinking magazine, associated with Guideposts magazine.

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Christine Kohler’s latest children’s book, Turkey in the News: Past, Present, and Future, has been released by Enslow Publishers as one of a 10-part series on Middle Eastern nations. It is part of the MyReportLinks.com Books imprint that helps middle grade students learn how to do reports using reliable Websites. Turkey in the News: Past, Present, and Future is available to order on the publisher's site. This is Kohler’s eighth children’s book published.

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David Davis has three picture books coming out in September. One is called The Librarian's Night Before Christmas. According to David, he grew up in San Antonio, and librarians saved his life. He spent so much time in libraries there. The downtown library, the school library, and even the bookmobile. He didn't have the money to buy all the books he wanted, so the library was a gift.

“With the powers that be cutting the funding, I wanted to write a funny warm satire that speaks to these issues and adds a love letter to librarians,” said David. “I hope you will take a look at it when it comes out in September and remember what we all owe to those librarians that fed our reading hunger when we were kids.”

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Diane Bertrand had two poems published in new anthologies.  Her poem, "At the Sweetheart's Dance" appears in the new 2007 Poetry Calendar and her children's poem, "I wonder What the Clouds Taste Like" is in the new book Summer Shorts.  She was also invited to submit her biography to the library reference book, Something about the Author.