Let's Celebrate! #NCTE13

It's time to CELEBRATE This Week with Ruth Ayres from Discover. Play. Build.  Every week Ruth invites us to share our celebrations from the week and link up at her blog. What a fun way to reflect on everything there is to be thankful for. 

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This week I'm celebrating a NCTE things!

*throws confetti*

I'm in Boston at the NCTE conference and have some bits of the experience to share so far! 

Ruth and I were on the same flight! I was celebrating being with her and her colleague, Deb and a few others from near Chicago as we headed to Boston.

I'm still celebrating Celebrating Writers and thinking so much about writing. I've been very reflective lately and it's encouraging to be here at NCTE and hear so much about great ideas in writing and to be surrounded by other writers - published and unpublished. It's invigorating!

Boston! Boston is a great city and I love being able to visit again!

Kellee and I presented with Beth Shaum and Audrey Vernick on using non-fiction picture books with secondary students. It was a celebration for me to work with Kellee again and to work with Beth and Audrey. I'm so glad to have been able to collaborate with these wonderfully intelligent women.

What are you celebrating this week?