Gallery Talk: Children’s Literature, Illustration, and Collecting Books
Discover insights into children’s literature, understand illustration styles, and learn how book collections are curated, featuring four local panelists. Free.
Wednesday, July 11, 7:00pm
Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking 500 10th St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
I’ll be talking specifically about the creation and marketing of the Golden Book series and their role in the landscape of children’s literature today.
This year at CHLA in San Antonio, Texas I am making two presentations.
On Friday, June 29 at 11:00 am, I am participating in Panel 3B: The Syllabus Exchange. I will be presenting on Multimodal Assignments and talking about my most recent course, The History and Rhetoric of Science Writing for Children.
If you attended but were unable to take a copy of my handout home with you, please feel free to download a copy here:
CHLA 2018 Syllabus Swap Handout: Multimodal Assignments
On Saturday, June 30 at 3:30pm in the June Cummins room, I will be presenting a conference paper entitled “The Handbook for Mortals and the Muddy Waters of YA Best Seller Status.” If an attempt to make my presentation more accessible, please feel free to take a look at the complete PPT slide deck and the text version of my talk, available below.
Presentation Script (Text only version)
Handbook Muddy Waters PowerPoint Presentation
I hope to see you in San Antonio!
Rebekah Fitzsimmons 