Winner of Penworthy’s 18th Annual WLA Attendee Sponsorship Award!

The Penworthy Company is pleased to announce Tina Pfohl of Brickl Memorial Library in Dickeyville, WI as the winner of our 18^th annual WLA Attendee Sponsorship Award. Every year, we award a Wisconsin librarian with a $400 sponsorship to attend WLA’s annual conference, which holds programs to refresh library services, boost professional skills, and help librarians make connections. Congratulations Tina!

Who we are: The Penworthy Company makes buying children’s books the pleasure it ought to be® with an exceptional selection, sturdy Penworthy Prebound Books and a level of personal service you can trust. Based in Milwaukee, WI for 28 years, we’re proud to support the librarians in our home state.

Penworthy’s 18th Annual WLA Conference Attendee Sponsorship!

The Penworthy Company is happy to announce our 18th annual WLA Conference Attendee Sponsorship. Every year, we sponsor a Wisconsin youth services librarian to attend WLA’s annual conference, which holds programs to refresh library services, boost professional skills, and help librarians make connections (and have fun!). This year’s conference is November 2-5 at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells.

Who we are: The Penworthy Company makes buying children’s books the pleasure it ought to be® with an exceptional selection, sturdy Penworthy Prebound Books and a level of personal service you can trust. Based in Milwaukee, WI for 28 years, we’re proud to support the librarians in our home state.

Contest entry: We will automatically enter all Wisconsin youth services librarians into a random drawing for a $400 sponsorship to attend the conference. You don’t need to do anything to win this award! We’ll notify the winner at the end of September and present the award at the YSS board meeting at the WLA conference. Good luck!

WLA 2009

It's less than one week until the WLA Annual Conference in Appleton.

Don't forget that to download your pre-conference and conference handouts ahead of time. In support of the WLA Go Green Iniatiative, all handouts for YSS sponsored programs will only be available online. Many of the preliminary handouts are already available at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/preconferencehandouts.htm and http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/2009WLAHandouts.htm.

Also, don't forget to join the YSS board for our annual business meeting on Wednesday, October 21 at 8am in the Clarke Room. Find out what the board has been up to this year, meet the officers and congratulate this year's Penworthy Award Winner Mariel Carter of the Marinette County Public Library!

See you in Appleton!

Winner of the Penworthy Company's 17th Annual WLA-YSS Travel Award!

The Penworthy Company is pleased to announce Mariel Carter of the Marinette County Public Library system in Marinette, WI as the winner of our 17th annual WLA-YSS Travel Award. T he award is a $400 sponsorship to attend the Wisconsin Library Association's 2009 conference in Appleton this October. At Penworthy, we work hard make buying children't books the pleasure it out to be®. We've been based in Milwaukee for over 25 years and are proud to suppor the librarians in our home state. Congratulations Mariel!!

Announcing Penworthy’s 17th Annual WLA-YSS Travel Award!

The Penworthy Company is happy to announce our 17^th annual sponsorship for a Wisconsin children’s librarian to attend the WLA conference in October.

At Penworthy, we work hard to make buying children's books the pleasure it ought to be®. We've been based in Milwaukee for over 25 years and our proud to support the librarians in our home state. All Wisconsin youth librarians will be automatically entered into a random drawing for the $400 sponsorship to attend the WLA conference. You don’t need to do anything to win this award! We’ll notify the winner in early September and present the award at the YSS board meeting at the WLA conference in October. Good luck!

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Winner of The Penworthy Company's 16th Annual WLA-YSS Travel Award!

The Penworthy Company is pleased to announce Betty Schambow of Allen-Dietzman Public Library in Livingston, WI as the winner of our 16th annual WLA-YSS Travel Award. The award is a $400 sponsorship to attend the Wisconsin Library Association's 2008 conference in Middleton this November. The Penworthy Company is a Wisconsin-based company that provides exceptional children's books to public and school libraries nationwide.

Congratulations Betty!

Announcing The Penworthy Company's 16th Annual WLA-YSS Travel Award!

A Wisconsin-based company for over 25 years, The Penworthy Company provides the highest quality children's books with personal service that makes buying children's books the pleasure it ought to be. Every year, we award a Wisconsin youth librarian with a $400 sponsorship to attend the WLA annual conference. We make it easy by automatically entering all Wisconsin youth librarians into a random drawing for the sponsorship winner. You don't need to do a thing! We'll simply announce the winner in August and present the award at the WLA conference in November. Good luck!