Arizona Part 1-The Arrival
Well, Faith and Jacob are off at camp in Wisconsin, and I got to go to Arizona with my mom and dad. We went halfway around the country for Mom to accept the Sydney Taylor Book Award. I know she won the award a while ago, but this was the annual convention for the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL). First things first, though... a disclaimer: I didn't witness all of the excitement (How can you go to a resort without spending some time in the pool?) but I was there for most of it.
That's all for part one, stay tuned!
Nice, huh?
When we first got to the resort, there was a table for all of us to get these badge things. Mom's said Brenda Ferber Winner of Sydney Taylor Award. It also had two ribbons hanging from it that said Author and Presenter. Mine said Sammy Ferber Son of Sydney Taylor Winner. How cool is that?! I had a ribbon that said Guest. And lastly, Big Daddy's said Alan Ferber Guest. He had a Guest ribbon, too.
Oh, yeah, Sammy's in the house!
Also as soon as we got there, a man came up to us with a plateful of huge cookies. He called himself Mr. Temptation. He was offering everyone some of the cookies. They were amazing!!!!! Fresh from the oven and even better than Mom's. Sorry, Mom!That's all for part one, stay tuned!
4 Comments:
be prepared to get details, Carol.
Sammy and Faith, I love this blog! When I first saw that Brenda's kids were blogging for her, I thought it would be cute but I didn't know you guys would come up with so much interesting material. Keep up the good work!
btw, I was inspired to comment on this particular post because I also got a big kick out of Mr. Temptation and his amazing cookies. That hotel had the nicest staff ever!
Hi Sammy,
I was in the audience at the AJL conference and I'm also actually on the Sydney Taylor Awards Committee. I loved your mom's book and voted for it to be a winner. It was so neat to see you at the conference. I saw you at the pool, too. That was SUCH a great pool! Susan
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