This entry was posted on 6/4/2007 9:43 AM and is filed under Stories.
We live by stories! We are stories - walking ones with not-yet-determined endings. So how can we not love a place that celebrates them?
Book Expo is just such a place. Every spring, authors, putlishers, booksellers, librarians, reviewers, bloggers, reviewers, audio book technologists and people who love books - stories that have been captured for more than a moment in time - gather in one place. By the looks of thousands of people's faces, it was a grand way to spend this past weekend.
This year throngs stood in line to meet storytellers of all types: Stephen Colbert - comedian, actor and host of the tv show The Colbert Report; Peter Yarrow, folk singer whose famous song Puff the Magic Dragon is now a beautifully illustrated children's book; and numerous others.
Highlights of Book Expo in another form of story - photos: Carol Metzker and Dr. Loretta Long (aka Susan from Sesame Street) hold up their books, respectively: Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn which includes stories about the most successful innovators and leaders, and Courtney's Birthday Party, a children's story about overcoming racial prejudice.
Author Noah Blumenthal and Steve Piersanti, president of Berrett-Koehler, celebrate the release of Noah's new book, You're Addicted to You. To learn more, visit my previous blog entry dated 4/2/07.
Roscoe Orman (aka Gordon from Sesame Street), looks forward to the fall 2007 release of his children's book Ricky and Mobo, a story based on his childhood events, as he stands next to Dr. Loretta Long.
Expo attendees got a preview of Peter Yarrow's new book on his song - loved by many generations - Puff the Magic Dragon (to be released this summer, but available now on preorder), a story about Jackie Paper and Puff. By far, one of the most beautifully illustrated books I've seen lately. And who can resist the recording of the song included with it? At amazon - click on www.amazon.com/gp/product/1402747829?ie=UTF8&tag=aide-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1402747829
Carol Metzker and Dr. Loretta Long (aka Susan from 
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Leslie Yerkes, bestselling author of numerous books, autobraphs Fun Works, with dozens of stories about the ways successful companies are making sure that employees can love what they do. 
Roscoe Orman (aka Gordon from Sesame Street), looks forward to the fall 2007 release of his children's book Ricky and Mobo, a story based on his childhood events, as he stands next to Dr. Loretta Long.
Expo attendees got a preview of Peter Yarrow's new book on his song - loved by many generations - Puff the Magic Dragon (to be released this summer, but available now on preorder), a story about Jackie Paper and Puff. By far, one of the most beautifully illustrated books I've seen lately. And who can resist the recording of the song included with it? 
