If you're in Knoxville on July 30, and you love YA Lit...

The Center for Children’s & Young Adult Literature and Knox County Pub­lic Library Present:

The Best New Books So Far, 2010 Workshop
Friday July 30, 2010
East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St.
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Morning Session: 9am-12pm:
Books for Birth through 6th Grade

Afternoon Session: 1pm to 4pm:
Books for 6th to 12th Grade

Cost: $25 for half day, $50 for full day

Participants provide their own lunch and parking. Certificates of Attendance will be provided for professional development purposes.

Register today! https://kcpl.wufoo.com/ forms/best-new-books-so-far/

For more information, please email ccyal@utk.edu or call (865) 974.2305.

Schedule:

8:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.: Meet and Greet, coffee
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Books for birth through grade 6
Presenters: Amelia Bell, Kristie Atwood, Julie Danielson

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.: Lunch Break

1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.: Books for grades 6 -12
Presenters: Scot Smith; Susan Groenke PhD; Kim­berly Black, PhD
Book sale throughout the day until 4:30 p.m.

Yours truly will be presenting on Boy YA books, historical fiction (Civil Rights era), and verse novels/poetry books. Scot Smith will present on teen series, fantasy/sci-fi, and Kimberly Black will present on popular graphic novels.

Come on down!