Loan Stars is the readers’ advisory tool that allows library staff across Canada to collaboratively select their favourite forthcoming titles. Using CataList, the online catalogue service and order management tool available for free to libraries, library staff can endorse the Fiction, Non-Fiction, Juvenile, and Young Adult titles they want to recommend to their patrons. The titles with the most recommendations become Loan Stars picks!
But who are the authors and illustrators behind these great Loan Stars reads?
We find out in our series Meet the Loan Stars.
Gordon Korman, photo by Sonya Sones
Meet Gordon Korman 🍁
Gordon Korman is the beloved author of over one hundred novels for young readers, including hilarious middle-grade classics such as the Macdonald Hall series, I Want to Go Home and Slacker. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Gordon grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, and now lives in New York with his family.
You can find Gordon’s latest novel, Operation Do-Over, on the March & April 2022 Loan Stars Jr. list!
Read all about Gordon’s love for libraries, book recommendations, and more in his interview below.
If you could visit any library in the world, where would you go?
The Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK.
Do you have a favourite librarian, real or fictional?
Mr. Atoz from the original Star Trek.
Which book would you choose to recommend to library patrons?
What does being a Loan Stars pick mean to you?
My 100th book comes out this summer. There's no feeling quite like knowing that kids are reading my books and laughing in all the right places.
Thank you, Gordon!
Are you a Loan Stars-recommended author or illustrator who wants to be featured on our blog? Get in touch with us to get started.
Until next time!
How to use CataList reports to keep track of new drop-in titles and changes to key elements that publishers make to their forthcoming titles.