What can I say as a third-year chair that I didn’t say last year or the year before? But then again one of the secrets of creating a bookworm is repetition. We'll read books that are built around sight words to meatier, lightly illustrated chapter books. Yes, we have a very broad audience. Our readers … Like hearing stories over and over again. We want …

Look! In your lap! Is it an ebook? Is it a talking book? Is it a movie? No, it really isn’t any of those. You poke it! You shake it! You tilt it! What could this be? Ohhhhh, you say, this is a BOOK APP!   Book apps are stand-alone applications on a touchscreen device like the iPad that combine …

Round 1 Laura Given, LibLaura http://liblaura5.blogspot.com @liblaura5 Dawn Mooney, Five Minutes for Books http://books.5minutesformom.com @mteblogmama Carol Munro, Just Write Words http://carolmunrojustwritewords.wordpress.com Jodell Sadler, Picture Book Lunch http://www.scbwi-illinois.org @picturebklunch Caryn Schafer, Three Books a Night http://www.threebooksanight.com @smellingoranges Melissa Wiley, Here in the Bonny Glen http://melissawiley.com/blog/ @melissawiley Paula Wiley, Pink Me http://pinkme.typepad.com @pwbalto Round 2 Jane Breen, Piper Loves the Library http://piperlovesthelibrary.blogspot.com …

First Round Mark Buxton http://buxtolicious.blogspot.com Jennifer Donovan http://books.5minutesformom.com @5M4B Heidi Grange http://geolibrarian.blogspot.com @GeoLibrarian Deb Marshall http://mylibrarynotebook.blogspot.ca/ @debamarshall Jennifer Rumberger www.jenniferrumberger.com @j_rumberger Julie Williams http://readingbythepond.blogspot.com/ @JulieWilliams89 Karen Yingling http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com @msyingling Second Round Alex Baugh http://randomlyreading.blogspot.com @randomlyreading Kathy Burnette http://www.thebrainlair.com @thebrainlair Melissa Gaynor http://sweetonbooks.com @sweetonbooks Michael Gettel-Gilmartin http://middlegrademafioso.blogspot.com @MGMafioso Kyle Kimmal http://theboyreader.blogspot.com @theboyreader

Round One Jessica Tackett MacDonald, Her life with Books http://herlifewithbooks.com @herlifewthbooks Sherry Early, Semicolon http://www.semicolonblog.com @semicolonblog Kim Baciella, Si Se Puede http://kimbacceliasweblogfantasy.blogspot.com/ @ixtumea Stephanie Charlefour, Love, Life, Read http://www.loveliferead.com @scharle4 Cheryl Vanatti, Reading Rumpus http://www.readingrumpus.com @Tasses Alyssa Feller, The Shady Glade http://theshadyglade.blogspot.com/ Sarah Sammis, Puss Reboots http://www.pussreboots.pair.com @pussreboots Round Two Terri Doherty, Family Bookshelf http://family-bookshelf.org @readingtub Jennifer Lu, Reads for …

Round 1 Michelle Castleman, The Hungry Readers http://thehungryreaders.blogspot.com/ Maureen Eichner, By Singing Light https://bysinginglight.wordpress.com/ @elvenjaneite Tabitha Olson, Writer Musings  http://tabwriter.blogspot.com @tabithaolson William Polking, Guys Lit Wire  http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/ @polking Madeline Rudawski, Early Nerd Special  http://earlynerdspecial.wordpress.combr /> @hey_librarygirl Beth Saxton, Beth Reads http://www.bethreads.com @BethReads Lucy Tonkin, The Reading Date http://thereadingdate.com/ @readingdate Round 2 Angie Manfredi, Fat Girl, Reading http://www.fatgirlreading.com @misskubelik Adrianne Russell, …

First Round Melissa Fox, Book Nut www.thebooknut.com @book_nut Kristen Harvey, The Book Monsters http://www.thebookmonsters.com/ @bookgoil Allie Jones, In Bed With Books http://inbedwithbooks.blogspot.com @wearedevilcow Cecelia Larsen, The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia http://ceceliabedelia.blogspot.com @celialarsen Brandy Painter, Random Musings of a Bibliophile http://randommusingsofabibliophile.blogspot.com @brandymuses Charlotte Taylor, Charlotte's Library http://charlotteslibrary.blogspot.com @charlotteslib Stephanie Whalen, Views from the Tesseract http://shanshad1.wordpress.com Second Round Gina Ruiz, AmoXcalli http://amoxcalli.biz @ginaruiz …

Round 1 Aaron Maurer, Coffee for the Brain http://www.coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com @coffeechugbooks Jill Goodman @queenofappland Jen Vincent, Teach Mentor Texts http://www.teachmentortexts.com @mentortexts Jackie Parker, Interactive Reader http://interactivereader.blogspot.com @interactiver Mary Ann Scheuer, Great Kid Books http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com @MaryAnnScheuer Round 2 Cathy Potter, The Nonfiction Detectives http://www.nonfictiondetectives.com @cppotter Elisabeth LeBris, LeBrisary http://lebrisary.blogspot.com @elebris Helen Dineen, CAppTivated Kids http://capptivatedkids.wordpress.com @aitcheldee Carisa Kluver, Digital Media Diet http://digitalmediadiet.com …

Round 1 Sheila Ruth, Wands and Worlds http://blog1.wandsandworlds.com @sheilaruth Tanita Davis, Finding Wonderland http://writingya.blogspot.com Hallie Tibbets,Undusty New Books http://www.undusty.com @hallietibbetts Leila Roy, Bookshelves of Doom http://bookshelvesofdoom.blogs.com @bkshelvesofdoom Karen Jensen Teen, Librarian's Toolbox http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com @tlt16 Patrice Caldwell, Whimsically Yours http://whimsicallyours.com/ @whimsicallyours Sarah Gross, The Reading Zone http://thereadingzone.wordpress.com @thereadingzone Round 2 Sam Musher, Parenthetical http://www.parenthetical.net @MsParenthetical Tasha Saecker,Waking Brain Cells http://wakingbraincells.com @tashrow …

First round Lynn Miller Lachmann, The Pirate Tree http://www.thepiratetree.com/ @lmillerlachmann Aaron Zenz, Bookiewoogie http://www.bookiewoogie.blogspot.com/ @AaronZenz Roxanne Feldman, Fairrosa http://fairrosa.wordpress.com/ @fairrosa Traci Glass, No Flying, No Tights http://noflyingnotights.com/@grablit Emma Weiler, No Flying, No Tights http://noflyingnotights.com/ Colby Sharp, Sharpread http://sharpread.wordpress.com/ @colbysharp Liz Jones, Lizjonesbooks http://lizjonesbooks.livejournal.com @lizjonesbooks Second Round Emily Mitchell, Emilyreads http://www.emilyreads.com/ @emilyreads Debra Touchette, Adventures in Reading (Also blogs at Guys Lit Wire) http://adventures-in-reading.blogspot.com/ @threelefthands Michael Kahan, No Flying, …