[CASL-L] Give Your Students a Literary Experience They’ll Never Forget!

[CASL Vice President]

Whoa, great opportunity to connect with some amazing authors for very
little cost. (See author/organizer Ismee Williams' forwarded details.) This
is an auction fundraiser through LatinX Kids Lit Book Festival which is a
fantastic program if you aren't aware of it already. From the details
below:  "Every bid supports free literacy programs and the rebuilding of
school and classroom library shelves impacted by the California fires."

~Val DiLorenzo
Vice President
CT Association of School Librarians

Connecticut Association of School Librarians' Organization Address:

4 Wotton Lane

Burlington, CT 06013



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From: Ismee Williams <ismeewilliamsauthor at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Subject: Fwd: Give Your Students a Literary Experience They’ll Never Forget!
To: Valerie Dilorenzo <valerie.dilorenzo at naugatuck.k12.ct.us>


In case you can share via CASL! There are so many author visits and ‘ask me
anythings’ that have not even been bid on yet - $38 for an author visit!

Sent from my iPad

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*From:* LKBF <team-latinxkidlitbookfestival.com at shared1.ccsend.com>
*Date:* February 11, 2025 at 10:18:36 AM EST
*To:* ismeewilliamsauthor at gmail.com
*Subject:* *Give Your Students a Literary Experience They’ll Never Forget!*
*Reply-To:* team at latinxkidlitbookfestival.com


Grab these opportunities before they’re gone!
Author Visits & Books for Your Classroom! Bid Now!

The Latinx Kidlit Book Festival Auction is LIVE, and it’s full of chances
to bring the magic of books directly to your students:


📖 Bid on classroom visits from bestselling and award-winning authors &
illustrators

📚 Win book bundles to inspire your readers and expand your library
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Alex Villasante's debut Young Adult novel, The Grief Keeper
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Alex’s next young adult novel, Fireblooms
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Aida Salazar is an award-winning author, translator, and arts activist
whose work explores identity and social justice. Her books have earned
numerous accolades, including a Caldecott Honor, Malka Penn Human Rights in
Children's Literature Award, and the Américas Award. Her latest novel,
Ultraviolet, earned a 2025 Pura Belpré Honor.
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Janae Marks is the New York Times bestselling author of the Zoe Washington
series, A Soft Place to Land, and A Split Second. She has an MFA in Writing
for Children from The New School, and lives in Connecticut with her family.
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Joe is the award-winning illustrator of more than thirty books for children
while continuing to create images for magazines and other publications, as
well as keeping an eager eye to the ever-changing landscape of illustration.

💡 Don’t wait—bidding closes soon!

These unique experiences can ignite a love of reading, storytelling, and
creativity in your students. Every bid supports free literacy programs and
the rebuilding of school and classroom library shelves impacted by the
California fires.
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*~Valerie DiLorenzo*
*Library Media Specialist*
*Naugatuck High School*
*Currently reading/listening:*
*The Personal Librarian* by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
(Book is based on life of Belle da Costa Greene, a special exhibit runs
through May 4, 2025 at The Morgan Library)
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldivar (NHS Book Club--5th book of the year!)
*Greenlights* by Matthew McConaughey
*Pimsleur's Italian 1: lessons 16 - 20*

*Recently finished:*
*The Inheritance Games* by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (NHS Book Club--4th book of
the year!)
*The Great Alone* by Kristin Hannah
*Shopaholic Takes Manhattan *by Sophie Kinsella
*Homegoing* by Yaa Gyasi
*The Way I Used to Be* by Amber Smith (NHS Book Club--3rd book of the year!)
*In the Country of Last Things* by Paul Auster
*Wake the Wild Creatures *by Nova Ren Suma (ARC release date: May 6, 2025)
*T**he Clothing of Books *by Jhumpa Lahiri
*Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial
Identities* Edited by Ismee Williams and Rebecca Balcarcel
*That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America* by Amanda Jones
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