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The Young Readers Center will host a family day to celebrate Walt Whitman’s legacy on June 1 in the Thomas Jefferson Building. Please join us and invite your students and friends! This event will be recorded and made available on the Library’s YouTube channel.  Register for the free event here. Schedule of Festivities 10 a.m. … Continue reading June 1: Family Day at the Library of Congress Young Readers Center

From May 20 - June 25th, THEARC in Washington, DC will host an exhibition of nearly 100 pieces of original Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winning art.  The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee of the American Library Association (ALA)’s Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) partnered with the National Center for Children’s … Continue reading OUR VOICE: CELEBRATING THE CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARDS

SAVE THE DATE:Feminism and Children's Literature, Monday, November 25, 2019, 9am-4pm Easton Library, Talbot County ***Lunch is provided*** Join us for an exciting day devoted to feminism and children's books! Five major children's and YA authors will be speaking, and each will discuss her writing and work, and how that work explores and intersects with … Continue reading Feminism and Children’s Literature

Book Buzz DC (FREE!)Thursday, June 20th 9am-4pm (children's & YA publishers in the morning; lunch provided) Cleveland Park Library 3310 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20008 Pre-register at the link belowhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-buzz-dc-tickets-59594165754