The Red and Yellow Line, the ALA Conference, and New Material

I had the most exciting time at ALA's Annual Conference in Washington, DC. After learning to finagle the yellow and red lines of the metro, I made it to the convention center and met the elite baby program creators. I had the opportunity to sit down with Jane Cobb, author of a baby program book and really cool lady from Canada, and Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen, creator of the acclaimed Mother Goose on the Loose program from Baltimore. For me, I was in as much awe as I would have been sitting down with Tom Cruise! What I gained--- new rhymes (imported from Canada!), signed paraphenalia such as Betsy's CD and Jane's book, and the e-mail address of baby program cohorts from around the nation. I have never seen more librarians in one place--- we were like little busy ants, toting huge amounts of librarian goodies on our backs, around the convention center. And whoever believes librarians are not hip should spend some time with the YALSA crowd! Although, I must say, on the metro, I could always spot the librarians, even without their conference badges. In any case, the biggest challenge was trading in the New York City Subway system for the yellow and red lines. The rest of the conference was a breeze. For you--- great links posted with lyrics and tune included... look to the upper left of this screen.