Thanks to EmbraceRace for inviting Autumn Allen, Dr. Krista Allen and the Diverse BookFinder team, and me to create this annotated picture book list, which offers context for why we highlight these picture books in this moment. It was so good to work together! … Continue reading
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This post is part of celebrating Women’s History month with 31 days of posts focused on improving the climate for social and gender equality in the children’s and teens’ literature community. Join in the conversation on Twitter #kidlitwomen or on … Continue reading
I am thrilled to have a guest post at Reading While White, one of my go-to resources for my ongoing learning in the field of children’s literature. In it I write about teaching a course I designed at Simmons, CHL 434 … Continue reading
I was excited to see this blog post from Prof. Sarah Park Dahlen, an assistant professor in the Master of Library and Information Science Program at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her LIS 7190 Social Justice and Children’s/YA … Continue reading
I taught two sections of my graduate course on the picture book at Simmons College this year, one at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and one at Simmons College’s main campus in Boston. We wrapped up our course … Continue reading
This is the list of 2016 picturebooks that my Simmons College graduate class CHL 403 The Picturebook is using in our Mock Caldecott. Which books are you rooting for? Which ones would you add? Chime in with comments or @ … Continue reading
I was pleased to contribute to this piece in Baystate Parent, “Roald Dahl at 100: Why His Legacy Lives On” in part because he is my 11 year-old’s favorite author. He fell in love with Dahl’s work when his second grade … Continue reading
There’s still a little bit of time for nondegree students to enroll in Simmons College graduate courses in Children’s Literature at The Carle: The Picturebook with me and Writing for Children I with author Jeannine Atkins. Let me know if … Continue reading