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2007 Donald Davis

"Let's Tell Stories: A Day of Storytelling for Librarians, Teachers, and Families"
featuring Storytellers
Donald Davis, Gay Ducey, Karen Golden, Padraic Keohane, Karen Rae Kraut, and Leslie Perry

2006 Michele Gorman and Tricia Suellentrop

"Inspiring the Next Generation of Teen Readers"
featuring Teen Librarians Michele Gorman and Tricia Suellentrop

PHOTOS

2005 Michael Sullivan "Boys and Books"

"Connecting Boys with Books"
featuring Michael Sullivan
Author of Connecting Boys With Books: What Libraries Can Do

PHOTOS

2004

"Breaking Through: Latinos and Literature for Youth"
featuring Francisco Jimenez, Tony Johnston, and Simon Silva

PHOTOS

2003

"Radical Change: Creative Non-Fiction for Youth"
featuring Eliza Dresang Author of Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age (H.W. Wilson, 2000), Nancy Smiler Levinson, and Kathleen Krull

2002 "The Business of Books: The Marketing and Reviewing of Books for Children and Teens"
featuring Marcus Miller, Susan Patron, and Dr. Marilyn Robertson
2001: Michael Cart

"Visual Literacy: Looking at Children's Book Illustration"
featuring Michael Cart, Marla Frazee, Joe Cepeda, and Linda Duke

 

2000:

"Lets Talk About Books: How to Form and Lead Children's and Young Adult Book Discussion Groups"
featuring Ginny Moore Kruse
of the Cooperative Children's Book Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

 

1999: "Celebrating Poetry: The Gifts of Myra Cohn Livingston"
featuring X.J. Kennedy, Debra Chandra, Monica Gunning, Kristine O'Connell George, and Ann Paul
1998: "Looking at Children's Books Through the Lens of Gender"
featuring Kathleen Odean
1997:

"Bibliorama! The Best 75 YA Books So Far"
featuring Patty Campbell
1996:

 

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"The Creative Spirit: Linking Children, Literature, and Learning"
featuring Dr. Sally Thomas, Pat Kunkel, Dr. Virginia Walter, and Anne Connor
1995:

 

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"What's on Everybody's Mind: Personal and professional Survival"
featuring Bessie Egan, Dr. Rick Salway, and Sue Curzon.
1993: "Share the Enthusiasm: Motivating Others to Read"
featuring Walter Mayes, Marketing Department of Bantam Doubleday Dell.
1992

 

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1989

 

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1988

 

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1987

 

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1986

 

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1985

 

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1984

 

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"Inspiring an Early Love of Books to Combat the Rising Tide of Illiteracy and Mediocrity"
featuring Jim Trelease

1983

 

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"Children's Films and Literature"
featuring Shana Herzog, Mike Garafalo, Elaine Adder, Eileen Tokar, Kay Simonette, and Cathy Saldin
1982

 

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"Celebrating the Work of Hans Christian Andersen"
1981

 

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"Children as Mirrors: What Children Learn from literature
featuring Joanne Lynn, Carolyn Murry, and Philip Dreyer.

1980

 

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"Welcome to Our Shores: How Can We Provide a Cultural Exchange with Children and Young People from Southeast Asia?"
1979

 

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1978

 

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Maria Gripe
1977

 

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