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Author Chris Crutcher to keynote Dominican conference on young people’s reading
Dominican University’s Butler Children’s Literature Center will present “The Truth About Choice,” a day-long conference investigating the impact of the choices adults—parents, teachers, librarians, book reviewers and others—make on the array of reading material available to children and teens. The conference will be held on Saturday, February 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Parmer Hall on Dominican’s Main Campus, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, Illinois.
The conference is designed for teachers, librarians, parents and graduate students with an interest in children’s and young adult literature and intellectual freedom for youth. Award-winning author and freedom to read advocate Chris Crutcher’s keynote address, “Every Child Her Choice: When Real Life Fiction Meets the Censor,” will kick off a jam-packed lineup. Speakers and topics include:
-GSLIS Assistant Professor Janice Del Negro on “Pick a Peck of Pages: Bunches of Young Adult Books You Need to Know.”
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-School of Education Assistant Professor Anne Elsener, Associate Dean Marilyn Ludolph and Associate Professor Penny Silvers on “Wise Choices: Finding the Right Book for the Classroom.”
-A panel featuring editors and reviewers from Booklist Magazine, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, The Horn Book Magazine and Kirkus Reviews.
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-An interactive session on best (and worst) book choices facilitated by Jill Bambenek, Rebecca Crown Library public services librarian.
The day concludes with a reception. The cost for the conference is $75 ($50 for GSLIS students), and includes six continuing education credits, lunch and reception. To register, visit www.dom.edu/gslis/cpe/register.html.
For information, contact Thom Barthelmess, curator of the Butler Children’s Literature Center, at (708) 524-6861 or butler@dom.edu, or visit dom.edu/butler/choice.
Established in 2009, the Butler Children’s Literature Center at Dominican University commits itself to imagination and wonder, encouraging and supporting adults in libraries, classrooms, childcare centers and homes to engage young people with good books. The Center is a partnership of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the School of Education, the Rebecca Crown Library and the Butler Family Foundation.
