Northern Lights Library Network

21st Annual Conference

This interactive workshop will address ways to keep kids, particularly boys, reading from the elementary years into the teen years. John has been so engaged in this topic that he has written a new book addressing the issue.

Come prepared to be energized, to learn new approaches to a critical issue, and to share your best practices and programs with other participants. This will be a highly rewarding workshop and an opportunity to network with colleagues about books, readers, kids, and how to Keep Them Reading.

John Coy

John will be conducting our Friday afternoon workshop, participating in the Readers' Theater production, and appearing as a featured author on Saturday!

John has written picture books, as well as novels that appeal to middle grade and young adult readers. Who can forget Night Driving or Strong to the Hoop? John's novels Crackback and Boxout focus on football and basketball, featuring boys faced with difficult choices.

John lives in Minneapolis and enjoys being a frequent world traveler. More information is available at: http://www.johncoy.com/

Lynne is well-known for her picture books Mom Pie and I Need a Snake. In 2008 she won a Minnesota Book Award for Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, a fantasy novel replete with humor, mystery, and adventure. Her latest book is Emily and the Home for Troubled Girls. Lynne lives in Plymouth, MN, and writes, she says, in order "to give freedom to her readers".

More information is available about Lynne Jonell at : http://tinyurl.com/a89bt5

Marsha writes children's chapter books as well as picture books. Up North at the Cabin, a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and Sugarbush Spring are perennial favorites of those who live and play in the Great North. Marsha enjoys teaching, writing and presenting workshops throughout our region.

More information about Marsha is available at her website: http://www.marshachall.com/

David returns to the Spotlight on Books Conference as a member of the Readers' Theater production and as a much loved children's author, illustrator, and presenter.

David's funny and captivating book, The Best Pet of All won a Minnesota Book Award, and his young adult novel, Absolutely, Positively Not was included in ALA's Best Books for Young Adults.He lives in Minneapolis and is not only a frequent visitor to schools, but is a pumpkin carver whose creations have been featured on "Good Morning America"! More information is available on his website at: http://www.davidlarochelle.net/

David LaRochelle