Save the Date!
2018 Spring Workshop
Saturday, May 19, 2018
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

"Sharing Hard Truths in Nonfiction
for Children and Young Adults"

Keynote Speaker: Ann Bausum

Although "fake news," "alternative facts," bans on words and attacks on knowledge are not new in the history of our country, this is the climate in which writers are writing and librarians and teachers are sharing works of nonfiction for young readers. We are living in hard times for justice, understanding, and truth. In this workshop, we will explore the state and look of nonfiction for children and young adults in 2018, where young readers get their nonfiction, and whose stories are being told and have yet to be told.

Ann Bausum writes about history for young people. Her books help upper elementary, middle school, and high school students discover the drama and significance of stories from history that may barely be presented in their textbooks. Her goal is to "make history relevant, engaging, alive, and irresistible." In a recent Horn Book article, Ann writes, "We observe that forgotten history tends to be repeated. Nothing good comes from distorted history, either, which is why we must hold fast to the truth, even when it’s painful, and do our best to set down stories straight." For more information about Ann, please visit her website: www.annbausum.com

Following Ann's Keynote Speech, workshop attendees will rotate through four "deep-dive" sessions that will focus on writing, reading, and teaching hard truths with and for children and young adults, as well as the look and content of contemporary nonfiction. Sessions will be facilitated by: 

	Michelle Markel, Author
	Annette Goldsmith, Lecturer, University of Washington Information School
	Ethan Bradbury, History Teacher and Highly Gifted Magnet Coordinator at North Hollywood High School
	Madeline Bryant, Principal Librarian, Youth Services Department, Los Angeles Public Library.

A Nonfiction Petting Zoo will be on display throughout the workshop.

Save the Date!
2018 Fall Gala
Saturday, October 27, 2018

Keynote Speaker
Margarita Engle

Margarita Engle is the national Young People's Poet Laureate, for 2017 - 2019 and the first Latino to receive that honor. The Young People’s Poet Laureate aims to raise awareness that young people have a natural receptivity to poetry and are its most appreciative audience, especially when poems are written specifically for them.

Margarita is the Cuban-American author of many verse novels, including The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner, and The Lightning Dreamer, a PEN USA Award winner. Her verse memoir, Enchanted Air, received the Pura Belpré Award, Golden Kite Award, Walter Dean Myers Honor, and Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, among others. Drum Dream Girl received the Charlotte Zolotow Award for best picture book text.

Venue: Luminarius Restaurant
            3500 W. Ramona Blvd
            Monterey Park, CA 91754

Registration and more information will be available in June.