Rainbow of Reading : Creating lifelong readers in Indiana, the annual conference of the Indiana State Reading Association, is scheduled for Sunday, March 2 through Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at the Indianapolis Convention Center . The conference is packed with exhibits, concurrent sessions, and highlighted speakers talking on a variety of topics related to reading. Special optional features include: “Brunch with Poets“ (Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Cynthia Furlong Reynolds); “Authors Readers Theatre” with book signing and reception (Avi, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Walter Dean Myers, Sarah Weeks), “Honors Banquet” celebrating Reading Rainbow’s 25th anniversary; and “Author Luncheon” (Sharon Draper).

 

Re-opening to the public this December, the newly renovated Indianapolis-Marion County Central Library is the site of the Indiana State Reading Association preconference, “Literacy’s New Frontier,” on Saturday, March 1. The preconference features informational author, Seymour Simon, and children’s television producer, Liz Nealon. Sessions present new ways that teachers can impact literacy development with their students through the internet, videos, and other digital technology.

 

The conference is provided in association with the Indiana Council for Exceptional Children, Indiana Reading Professors, and Kappa Delta Pi. For more information or to register, contact Jody Rose at jrose@uindy.edu  or 317-788-2113, or Libby Turner at eturner@uindy.edu, or 317-791-5721. The deadline to register for the conference is January 31, 2008.