Toby Rajput, assistant professor in National Louis University's Reading and Language Program and youth literature librarian of the Center for Teaching through Children's Books
will present

Culturally Relevant Collections
Monday, November 2, 2015
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Lisle campus - 850 Warrenville Road (Public Forum Room)

  *   Explore strategies for avoiding stereotypes and for identifying authentic and culturally relevant children's books.

  *   Learn about the trending of #WeNeedDiverseBooks, a social media initiative to increase the number of multicultural titles available from publishers.

  *   Examine recommended titles including this year's Big Read selection "Into the Beautiful North" by Luis Alberto Urrea.

  *   Discover organizations such as the American Library Association, which offers awards for books that affirm diverse cultural experiences, including disabilities, GLBTQ children and young adults, and for authors and illustrators of African-American and Latino/Latina heritage.

Teachers can earn Free ISBE Professional Development hours.

This event is part of The Big Read, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.


RSVP for this FREE event at nl.edu/culturalcollections<http://www.nl.edu/culturalcollections>