Sharing Culture Through Children's Literature: How and Why We Need to Share Multicultural Stories
This is was a small but well organized and powerful conference hosted at the Tri-Cities Center of Old Dominion University (Norfolk & Portsmouth VA). LUCY stands for Library Upgrades for Children & Youth. The conference highlighted four authors—Jacqueline Jules, Christina Gonzalez, Janet Wong and myself, Cheryl Willis Hudson. Participants had the chance to meet authors, hear about their multicultural experiences and how those experiences can benefit school and public librarians as they reach out to the young people of Virginia and beyond. Reasonably priced at $30 per participant, this 1st conference was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st century program. For more information on future and continuing events contact [email protected] (Roxanne Mills, LUCY Manager).
This is was a small but well organized and powerful conference hosted at the Tri-Cities Center of Old Dominion University (Norfolk & Portsmouth VA). LUCY stands for Library Upgrades for Children & Youth. The conference highlighted four authors—Jacqueline Jules, Christina Gonzalez, Janet Wong and myself, Cheryl Willis Hudson. Participants had the chance to meet authors, hear about their multicultural experiences and how those experiences can benefit school and public librarians as they reach out to the young people of Virginia and beyond. Reasonably priced at $30 per participant, this 1st conference was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st century program. For more information on future and continuing events contact [email protected] (Roxanne Mills, LUCY Manager).