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NJ Statewide Children's and Teen Author Conference – Deadline to register April 8

This annual conference will be held on Friday, April 16, 2010 from 9:30 am until 4 pm at the Woodbridge Public Library. The registration form is posted on the NJLA (www.njla.org) and the NJYAC (www.njyac.org) websites. You have to scroll down the page after the Pennies for Peace information for the announcement on the NJYAC website. The confirmed authors/illustrators include: Alison Ashley Formento (This Tree Counts!), John Hulme (co-author of the Seems series), Chris Grabenstein (The Crossroads and The Hanging Hill), Amy Ignatow (the soon to be released The Popularity Papers), Nan Marino (Neil Armstrong is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me), Wendy Mass (many novels including 11 Birthdays, A Mango-Shaped Space, and Jeremy Fink & the Meaning of Life) and Duncan Tonatiuh (debut author of Dear Primo). The registration fee ($30 for NJLA/NJASL members, $45 for nonmembers, and $15 for students) includes a light breakfast and lunch. CE credits will be awarded and copies of the author's books will be available to purchase and have signed. For more information, contact Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Consultant, NJ State Library, sraw...@njstatelib.org, 609- 278-2640 ext. 116.