On April 1, 2008, I attended "Great Books" in Baltimore. It is a two day annual event. Librarians, teachers, and other adults from Maryland attended one of the two days.
Prior to the event, each attendee read thirteen specific books published in 2007. At the event, the attendees met with with the "Great Books" facilitators, and discussed books geared to three different reading groups: picture books, children's books, and young adult books.
After a buffet lunch, we had the option of purchasing books by guest speaker Bruce Coville. Bruce Coville has written many children's books dealing with magic and/or fantasy. Mr. Coville's lecture, which followed, was humorous.
Great Books is valuable because it requires you to be up-to-date by reading recently published books. This is useful as a reader's advisory. The individual book discussion sessions let you hear other people's reactions to the books in a nurturing environment.
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