They say New Orleans is where you go to “laissez les bon temps rouler” and the recent weekend we spent at the ILA 2019 Conference was no exception!

Booksource arrived at Booth #227 with one goal in mind: to help showcase that books can take you to some amazing places. In order to accomplish this, we brought several activities along with shelves on shelves of fresh new reads.

ILA Teachers’ Choices Collections

As a leading provider of classroom literature for schools and districts across the country, Booksource specializes in helping educators find the best books to inspire today’s readers. We are pleased to offer four ILA Teachers’ Choices Collections, featuring the outstanding classroom titles recommended by teachers, librarians and reading/literacy specialists on the ILA 2019 Teachers’ Choices Reading List.  

While these collections were available to browse at our ILA booth, they are available for purchase NOW on our website!

To purchase the 10 titles available at your grade level, click on the Teachers’ Choices Collection at your desired grade band. If you would like all 30 titles on this year’s Teachers’ Choices Reading List, purchase our ILA Teachers’ Choices Complete Collection.

These are beautiful books—you won’t regret having them all on your shelf!  

You can also try entering our ILA Teachers’ Choices Collections Giveaway. Click HERE to enter your information and you might win the ILA Teachers’ Choices Complete Collection for your school! But act fast—the window to enter closes on Monday, November 4, 2019.

Author Signing with Isabel Quintero

We had the honor of hosting Isabel Quintero, author of My Papi Has a Motorcycle, at our booth for a signing and the first 100 attendees took home a free copy of the book!

A celebration of the love between a father and daughter, and of a vibrant immigrant neighborhood, this book tells the story of Daisy Ramona. When she zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she’s always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. With vivid illustrations by Zeke Peña and text bursting with heart, My Papi Has a Motorcycle is a young girl’s love letter to her hardworking dad and to memories of home that we hold close in the midst of change.

You can order your own copy here in English and here in Spanish.

Literary Photo Booth

Through the magic of imagination (and our green screen), we helped ILA attendees visit some of their favorite literary locations including Hogwarts, Oz, Dr. Seuss’ Truffula Trees and more! Digital photos were sent to participants so that they could share their travels on social media with #BookYourJourney.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth! If you missed out, we’ll also be at NCTE’s Conference on English Leadership Convention in Baltimore, MD. Come see where books are taking us November 24-26, 2019!