Children's Book Guild Speaker Series, 2020 - 2021
SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAMMING WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY, VIA ZOOM, FOR THE 2020-2021 YEAR
We have an exciting year of programming planned for the Children's Book Guild Speaker Series. All events will be held online, using the Zoom platform. There will be no fee to attend Speaker Series programming during the 2020-2021 year. You may register here.
Support for those working for Racial Justice in Children's Literacy and Education
In lieu of a registration fee, the Guild is offering the option to make a small donation to one organization, chosen monthly by the Program Committee, that supports black lives and racial justice initiatives in children's literacy and education. Please note, donations are optional, and will be given by Members and Friends of the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC.
The Guild is supporting Teaching Tolerance for its January program. There is an option to donate after registering. To learn more about Teaching Tolerance and their important work, check out their website here.
1 PM
Juana Martinez-Neal
Moderated by Susan Stockdale
Meet Juana Martinez-Neal in a Zoom webinar on Thursday, January 21 at 1 pm. This Peruvian-born book maker is the daughter and granddaughter of painters. Her debut picture book as an author-illustrator, Alma and How She Got Her Name, was awarded the 2019 Caldecott Honor. Juana received the Sibert Medal in 2020 for Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story. We will get a look into her creative process as well as a sneak peek at her upcoming book, Zonia’s Rain Forest. This event will be moderated by Guild member Susan Stockdale.
November 19, 2020
7 PM
Ibi Zoboi
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Dr. Yusef Salaam
Moderated by Deborah Taylor
1pm
Tiffany is a recipient of a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, an NAACP Image Award nominee, and a Walter Award Honoree. In addition to her other critically acclaimed books, Tiffany will discuss her just released, Grown, a powerful look at popular culture and its impact on young women in particular. (It’s also a fascinating who-done-it!)
September 17, 2020
7pm
Raúl the Third and His Art
Join us in a lively conversation moderated by Guild member Yukari Matsumaya.
Raúl the Third (aka Raúl Gonzalez) is the Pura Belpre Medal award-winning illustrator of the dynamic graphic novel Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, as well as the other graphic novels in the series, Lowriders in Space and Lowriders Blast from the Past. He received a 2020 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Award for Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market and is the author and illustrator of Vamos! Let’s Go to Eat, both titles in Guild member Kwame Alexander’s Versify Imprint at HMH.
Yukari Matsuyama is the Cataloging Manager for First Book. She serves on the Children’s Book Guild Advisory on Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity, and was part of the 2019-2020 Program Committee.
Please check back soon for a full schedule of events.
