“The Pie, The Pie, And Oh That Smell” by Connie Smith is displayed at the 2024 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
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More than 13,500 attendees gathered in San Diego, CA, for the largest library event in the world. The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition took place at the San Diego Convention Center from June 28 to July 2. Total attendance was 13,532, with 8,439 of them being attendees and 5,093 being exhibitors, authors, illustrators, press, and staff.
Against a backdrop of increasing censorship and book challenges, library workers learned from each other and supported each other through the 175 educational programs throughout the conference.
The conference opened with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning host Trevor Noah and ALA Past President Lessa Kanani’opua Peyalo-Lozada in conversation discussing Noah’s upcoming book, “Into the Uncut Grass.”
ALA and Unite Against Book Bans hosted a second Rally for the Right to Read, which spotlighted the courage and resilience of library workers who are protecting the freedom to read.
ALA is now preparing for LibLearnX 2025, which will be held Jan. 24-27 in Phoenix. Next year’s ALA Annual will take place in Philadelphia.
For more information, visit www.ala.org.
Author Reputation Press’ published book, written by Connie Smith, was displayed at the 2024 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference from June 28 to July 2. The publisher and author of the book are honored and proud to be part of this annual conference.
“The Pie, The Pie, and Oh that Smell!” by Connie Smith was nominated for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award. The award honors the memory of the great American philosopher Eric Hoffer by highlighting salient writing, as well as the independent spirit of small publishers. Since its establishment, the Hoffer has become one of the largest international book awards for small, academic, and independent presses.
This masterpiece was highly praised by Michael Radon of the US Review of Books, acknowledging that “Images in the book of the happy family working together to not just make food but also clean up the inevitable mess that follows can make even the hard work look like fun. Children may also want to read the story multiple times to appreciate the upbeat attitude and good message but also to find a hidden chicken in every illustration. This book, with its large illustrations, colorful characters, and warm, inviting tone, not only shows kids how parents need and deserve gratitude for their efforts but also opens up the conversation about children pitching in on tasks that they may take an interest in when they are old enough to handle them.”
Connie Smith’s masterpiece, “The Pie, The Pie, and Oh that Smell!,” was featured in the summer issue of The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) Magazine of 2024. Current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed in The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR), a weekly paper magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times (an American daily newspaper with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to be a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers). It is one of the most well-known and significant book reviews in the business.
Connie Smtih was born in Salt Lake City Utah. She’s 76 years old. She started writing her books at the age of twenty-four. She was a landfill co-owner. Her favorite hobbies are gardening and beadwork. She is proud to say that her greatest achievements in life are her four beautiful daughters, namely: Angela, Amber, Jenny, and Summer.
She published the “The Pie, The Pie, and Oh that Smell!” and “Great Gobs Of Goose Grease.” And just recently, a new masterpiece has been published, “Never Yours.”
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