. >> i'm stacy whitman, the publisher of two books. you might know us and for our picture books we have been publishing picture books for the last 25 years and i have been with them for the last six years and i focus on middle grades and young adult titles which is for ages 8 - 12 and ages 12 and up. >> can you hear me now? >> i was actually born here and it's really interesting because the first book that i -- and it was a book where i'm told about a book of poetry about fathers. i also come from a legacy of artists andchildren's book. my father john illustrated and wrote for my beautiful daughters and my mother who is also an artist that my father in high school. so you know what else could happen to a narcissistic child. >> thank you. fantasia. >> hello everyone, can you hear me? >> i am the head of services at the public library, i will try to project my voice. [inaudible] the library was located in the county out in the boonies of long island i was long island born and bred, raised in freeport, and i have been a team librarian for