On Friday July 30, 2010, the Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Public Library will present the second annual Best New Books So Far, 2010 Workshop. The workshop, presented by Cindy Welch in 2009, was a resounding success. This summer the Center has expanded the workshop to include presenters who are experts in the field of children's and young adult literature from the University and East Tennessee area. This years' presenters for the morning session include Amelia Bell, librarian at Glenwood Elementary School in Oak Ridge, Kristie Atwood, librarian at Webb Lower School of Knoxviile, and Julie Danielson creator of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, the children's literature blog that is gaining notoriety and critical acclaim in the publishing world. The presenters for the afternoon session are Scot Smith, librarian at Robertsville Middle School in Oak Ridge, Dr. Kimberly Black, assistant professor at the School of Information Sciences at UT, and Dr. Susan Groenke, professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences at UT.
The workshop will be held at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St., from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm. Attendees may choose the morning session, 9am-12pm, which will focus on books for Birth through 6th Grade, and / or the afternoon session, 1pm-4pm, which will focus on books for 6th through 12th Grade. The cost is $25 per session or $50 for the full day. Participants are responsible for providing their own lunch and parking. Certificates of Attendance will be provided for professional development purposes. As an extra benefit, the Center will be offering a book sale throughout the day supplied with books that are rotating out of the Center's examination collection.
Payment can be made online via a credit card or checks can be mailed with your registration form to Mary Pom Claiborne at Knox County Public Library 500 W. Church St. Knoxville, TN 37902.
For more information, please email cccyal@utk.edu or call (865) 974-2305.
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