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Call for Papers: Children’s Literature Association Conference

40th Annual Children’s Literature Association Conference Play and Risk in Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture **DEADLINE: 15 January 2013 Hosted by The University of Southern Mississippi June 13-15, 2013 IP Resort Biloxi, Mississippi The 40th Annual Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) Conference will address play and risk in children’s and young adult (YA) literature… Read More Call for Papers: Children’s Literature Association Conference

Edith

Calls

I recently read an article in the Journal of Children’s Literature by Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop in which she reflects upon her work analyzing African American children’s literature. Over time, she finds a continuity in this literature and she mentions linkages other groups of color have made to the traditions she cites in analyzing their… Read More Calls

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Registration Opened for International Reading Associatin Convention

Get Ready, Get Set, Get REGISTERED! Registration for IRA’s 58th Annual Convention is officially open! Join us in San Antonio, Texas from April 19-22, 2013 for four days of high-quality professional learning. Your registration grants you access to more than 500 sessions, including IRA’s widely popular Teaching Edge series. (Additional registration is required for the… Read More Registration Opened for International Reading Associatin Convention

Edith

Calls

Good morning! There are a couple 2013 conferences that have recently announced their call for proposals. Are you interested? 1. The 10th IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People ) will hold its regional conference 18020 October in St Louis, MO. This conference will feature a limited number of simultaneous sessions that address the conference… Read More Calls

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Do you ALAN?

I’ve written quite a bit about attending the ALAN conference, but never about ALAN. ALAN is the Assembly on Literacy for Adolescents. The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents is an independent assembly of NCTE. Founded in November 1973, ALAN is made up of teachers, authors, librarians, publishers, teacher-educators and their students, and others who are… Read More Do you ALAN?

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