So, BEA (Book Expo America) is over and, all in all, it was a really good show. Nice weather (when we could get outside!), nice people and great books... not just ours.

We had several of our authors autograph their books and there were lines for all of them. Nice!

Saw lots of old friends from publishing days gone by and met new friends, too.

And, luckily, we skirted disaster (literally) when on, set-up day, an entire wall of the very large booth (about 30 feet) fell over. Our founders, Leonard Stern and Larry Sloan, were standing right there and managed to get out of the way just in time. Could've been really ugly. The chair Leonard had been sitting in moments before was rather mangled. Thank you to the book gods for intervening.

Now, what you've all been waiting for...

Droodles Caption Contest # 10 Winner and New Contest #11

Yes, it's true. We are actually annoucing the winner for Contest #10. And the winner is Mitch Rice! Congratulations! Look for your copy of Droodles - The Classic Collection in your mailbox soon.

And here is the winning caption: Van Gogh's ear: A self-portrait

And now, time for the Droodle Caption Contest # 11.

Give you best captions for this spring/summer outdoor camping fun Droodle:

(Click on the Droodle thumbnail to see a larger view.)

Real Caption: A Bear Climbing Up the Other Side of a Tree

As always, please leave your original captions in the Comment section below (just under the date).** The winner, judged by our staff of in-house Droodlites, will receive a FREE copy of Droodles: The Classic Collection by Roger Price.

Happy captioning!

**NOTE: Inappropriate submissions will be deleted... this is an All Ages competition!**