Book Nerd

Gwen, me, Laura, Maz and Courtney: IRC confernce in Springfield, at the Andrew Clements luncheon...Amazing!

My name is Jenny Wold and I have an addiction to books. Hello Jenny....while many of my friends and family may find it exciting to camp out in sleeping bags to get the best tickets to their favorite concert, or stand in line at midnight to pick up the very first of that newest video game on the market, I take 2 days off from my job to attend a reading conference. I had three goals in mind as I planned for this trip. 1. Get exciting new teaching strategies for reading and writing 2. Meet some of my very favorite authors/illustrators 3. Enjoy this time with a few coworkers/friends who are equally nerdy. I accomplished all three of these goals and came home giddy with excitement over meeting some all-time favorite children's authors, and jazzed up over a few NEW favs as well. Never more have I been more excited over really, truly working on my own writing, and getting my students excited about books, trying to pinpoint the little things that will help my students write with honesty and vivid description, and possibly becoming a stalker over a few absolutely amazing authors who, through their sharing of stories, made me see them with new eyes, which I suppose is what being an author is all about.
Authors Readers Theater featuring: Avi, Sarah Weeks, Pam Munoz Ryan, and the unbelievable Brian Selznik (is my author crush showing?)

Andrew Clements (Frindle!) signing my books... so fun!!