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Fun, comfy shoes? ✔️crunchy snacks? ✔️great children’s books to share? ✔️I’m off on another week of BER seminar presenting! This time I’m traveling west of the Rockies!
First week of “What’s New in Children’s Books K-6” seminars for Bureau of Education & Research done. Love presenting in person! On to NCTE to accept the ALAN Award for my hero Dr Rudine Sims Bishop. Presenting with my partner in crime for Coalition of Literacy Equity Molly Ness!
Today 6:00 @ Cover to Cover Books!!!! Meet author Joel Shoemaker! He will read and discuss his lighthearted and hopeful young adult novel, Bacon Grief. "Readers will root for Charlie and Tim to find their way through the thicket of anxieties and droll snark to happiness.” Kirkus
Join us for the world premiere of Radiotopia Presents: My Mother Made Me at #Tribeca2022! This special live event will feature @JasonReynolds83 in conversation with Radiolab creator and audio trailblazer, @JadAbumrad.
Get your tickets now! @Tribecatrib.al/YhL79uS
Finishing my first round of Best Award-Winning Books seminars through BER. Fantastic participants in the Chicago and Champaign areas! Heading home to regroup and prepare for my final week in New England. @bureauofed
Former StoryCorps facilitator @JasonReynolds83 began writing poetry at age nine. He went on to become a #1 New York Times bestselling author.
Hear how the stories of everyday people inspire him for #NationalPoetryMonth: storycor.ps/3JzSk16
ICYMI: Christina Dorr @CHD2009 believes "Every child who walks through our doors needs to be respected validated not only by us, but in the books we offer...How has Dr. Bishop so many others done this? Through metaphors similes, of course!" hbook.com/story/articlesopin…
Off to the east coast to present “What’s New in Childrens Books K-6” seminars for the Bureau of Education and Research! @bureauofed New book in hand and ready for the plane ride! What are your reading? Please share!