ALA Annual 2020 Virtual: Welcome to Holiday House and Pixel+Ink’s Virtual Booth
Hello, Librarian and Educator Friends!
Thank you all so much for joining us at Holiday House & Pixel+Ink’s ALA Annual virtual booth! This conference is always a wonderful time to catch up with old friends and make new friends chatting about great books and celebrating worthy authors and illustrators, and for this reason, we are so disappointed that we cannot be with you in person this June.
However we are so grateful to have this new virtual opportunity to share with you our beautiful Summer and Fall books, our helpful downloadable resources, and our fun and insightful author videos!
We know how hard you work, and we very much appreciate everything you do for your patrons and your students—and for introducing Holiday House authors, artists, and their books to young people. Thank you!
Come on in, and take a look around. You’re always home with Holiday House.
HOLIDAY HOUSE ALA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell is an ALA Annual General Session Speaker this year! Tune in on Wednesday, June, 24th at 3:30 pm CT to hear him talk about Hello, Neighbor! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers and Fred Rogers’ enduring legacy.
Antoinette Portis is being honored for her nonfiction book, Hey, Water!, which received a 2020 Sibert Honor! Join the celebration and watch the ceremony and Antoinette’s acceptance speech on Sunday, June 28th at 10:30 am CT.
EXCLUSIVE AUTHOR STUDIO TOURS
Dori Hillestad Butler
• Studio Tour
Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome
• Studio Tour
Matthew Cordell
• Studio Tour
Richard Fairgray
• Studio Tour
Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann
• Studio Tour
John Hare
• Studio Tour
Will Hillenbrand
• Studio Tour
Susan Kusel
• Studio Tour
Jerry Pinkney
• Studio Tour
Antoinette Portis
• Studio Tour
Sydney Smith
• Studio Tour
HOLIDAY HOUSE & PIXEL+INK BOOK BUZZ—ALA EDITION
BROWSE OUR SHELVES
PIXEL+INK PLACE
FLIP THROUGH OUR CATALOGS FOR MORE!
Pixel+Ink is a new imprint that is a sister to Holiday House in that we are owned by the same parent company. Pixel+Ink will be publishing series fiction for children ages 3-13. Picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and graphic novels.
Looking for a scary story to read around the campfire this summer? Pixel+Ink author Richard Fairgray has you covered! After reading BLACK SAND BEACH #1: Are You Afraid of the Light?, check out his awesomely creepy podcast, available on all podcast platforms.
*** GIVEAWAYS! ***
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Enter to Win a Luna Ukulele like Lucy McGee
Song Spotlight! Did you know that author Mary Amato writes songs that go along with each book in the Lucy McGee series? These catchy tunes are great to pair with the book and to play during events or in the classroom! Check them out here!
DOWNLOADABLE RESOURCES
We have close to 300 guides, lesson plans, and activity sheets for you to share virtually with your colleagues, parents, children, and other library patrons to help supplement the resources you already have.
All of our materials can be reproduced free of charge. Check out our complete list of resources here.
Educator’s Guides/Reading Group Guides
- Overground Railroad Educator’s Guide
- Hello, Neighbor! Educator’s Guide
- The Littlest Voyageur Educator’s Guide
- Middle School Bites Reading Group Guide
- The Infamous Frankie Lorde #1: Stealing Greenwich Reading Group Guide
Lesson Plans
- Ohana Means Family Lesson Plan
- A New Green Day Lesson Plan
- Smile, Breathe, and Go Slowly: Slumby the Sloth Goes to School Lesson Plan
- Dive In: Swim with Sea Creatures at Their Actual Size Lesson Plan
- Your Place in the Universe Lesson Plan
Activity Kits
- Jane Cabrera Storytime Event Kit
- Let’s Go to Taekwondo! A Story about Persistance, Bravery, and Breaking Boards Activity Kit
- Dreamers Event Kit in English and in Spanish
- I Voted! A Child’s Guide to Voting Classroom Kit
- Dear Beast Activity Kit
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
Even though they couldn’t visit ALA in person this year, our authors would never give up a chance to talk to you all. Take a look at the videos below, and check out our website for more wonderful presentations!
Lizzy Rockwell
• HOW DO YOU FEEL? Video Read-Aloud
• Studio Tour
John Hare
• FIELD TRIP TO THE OCEAN DEEP behind-the-book
Jordan Scott & Sydney Smith
• I TALK LIKE A RIVER author & illustrator spotlight
Caroline Brooks DuBois
• THE PLACES WE SLEEP debut author video
Susan Goldman Rubin
• GIVE US THE VOTE behind-the-book
Hannah West
• PALACE OF SILVER behind-the-book and THE BITTERWINE OATH teaser
REQUEST DIGITAL ARCS
During this time, we have made our 2020 books available for review on Edelweiss, so no one misses out on these wonderful stories. All the benefits of picking up galleys in the show floor, without having to carry them home afterwards!
Edelweiss is a free platform, so if you don’t already have an account, create one for free today and request away.
2021 AWARD CONSIDERATION
If you are on an ALA or state award committee and would like to see any of these books for award consideration, please email Nicole Benevento with the award name, book(s) requested, and the committee’s email list.
All submissions are digital at this time.
CONTACT US
Please reach out to us at marketing@holidayhouse.com, and we will send you a list of books that meets your needs and interests! Please include ALA Annual in the subject line.
One of our favorite parts of the ALA Conference is chatting with all of you wonderful librarians about what kinds of books your school, library, community needs most. Even though we can’t be in the booth with you, we don’t want to miss out on this opportunity.