But What About the Books?

When we had to cancel our wik'20 conference in Birmingham, there was disappointment all around. But there was so much to do to get all of our speakers ready with the online format that we didn't have a lot of time to think about all the extra events that go along with a conference. Events like the Book Signing and Portfolio Show, which was also unfortunately cancelled.





But then I heard our Membership Coordinator, Paula Puckett, talking about the books she'd ordered from the conference. What a great idea, I thought. So I asked her to share her book-buying info:




There are SO many favorite things about attending an SCBWI Southern Breeze conference, and seeing books by some of our SB authors/speakers is right up there at the TOP of my list! I love, love, LOVE the chance to catch up with a few long-time friends, make NEW friends, buy their books, and have them sign my very own copy.

Things changed up just a bit for this year, and the Conference Team has been busy putting together our conference in an online format. Now is the time to sign up, if you haven't already done so. But what about the books? you might be asking. How can you get the books? 

Little Professor Book Center in Homewood, AL is Birmingham's Oldest Independent Bookstore. They are also the wonderful folks who were going to be at the conference, selling us all of those books.

And here is what they are saying:

"We would be happy to handle book sales for the people interested in books from the conference. In fact we have already handled a few orders. Please give anyone interested in purchasing books our contact information."

Orders can be sent to any of the following:

Email - lphomewood@gmail.com

Phone - (205) 870-7461 T

Text message - (205) 526-3332

"We also have begun offering a local delivery service. Free for addresses within 10 miles of the store and $5.00 for the rest of the Birmingham area."

And what a stellar line up of books from WIK speakers they have available for us! Just take a look at this list: 

Answering the Cry for Freedom by Gretchen Woelfle and R. Gregory Christie (illustrator)
Bugs Don’t Hug: Six-Legged Parents and their Kids by Heather Montgomery and Stephen Stone (illustrator)
Counting Birds by Heidi E.Y. Stemple and Clover Robin (illustrator)
Cowhide-and-Seek by Sheri Dillard and Jess Pauwels (illustrator)
Dictionary for a Better World by Irene Latham, Charles Waters, and Mehrdokht Amini (illustrator) Eek You Reek!: Poems about Animals that Stink, Stank, Stunk by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Eugenia Nobati (illustrator)
Emily Writes by Jane Yolen and Christine Davenier (illustrator)
The Falling Between Us by Ash Parsons
FireTruck vs. Dragon by Chris Barton and Shanda McCloskey (illustrator)
Fly With Me by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, and Jason Stemple
Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie (illustrator)
Girls Like Us by Randi Pink
Grandma’s Purse by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
The House on Dirty-Third Street by Jo S. Kittinger and Thomas Gonzalez (illustrator)
Into White by Randi Pink
Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
A Kite for Moon by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Matt Phelan (illustrator)
Love, Agnes: Postcards from an Octopus by Irene Latham and Thea Baker (illustrator)
Mama’s Work Shoes by Caron Levis and Vanessa Brantley-Newton (illustrator)
Maple by Lori Nichols
Mapping the Bones by Jane Yolen 
Meet Miss Fancy by Irene Latham and John Holyfield (illustrator)
Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen and Khoa Le (illustrator) 
Mousetropolis by R. Gregory Christie
Octopus Escapes! by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and Frank W. Dormer (illustrator) 
Oliver: The Second-Largest Living Thing on Earth by Josh Crute and John Taesoo Kim (illustrator) Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and John Schoenherr (illustrator)
Rosa’s Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights by Jo S. Kittinger and Steven Walker (illustrator)
The Shifter by Janice Hardy
The Singing Rock & Other Brand-New Fairy Tales by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and Simini Blocker (illustrator)
Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill by Heather Montgomery and Kevin O’Malley (illustrator)
T-Bone the Drone by Shanda McCloskey
Two By Two by Lisa Lowe Stauffer and Angelika Scudamore (illustrator)
Until I Break by Kara M. Bietz
You Nest Here with Me by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, and Melissa Sweet (illustrator)

Thank You, Thank You, Thank Yous all around. To Little Professor and their Team for bringing us BOOKS! To all of the Volunteers and Conference Team for working to bring us a conference in (yes) another format. Thank Yous to our Faculty and Speakers, for what you have done and are yet to do.

 All my best,
 Paula Puckett
SB Membership Coordinator