NOTE: The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation documentary "Tell Me a Story" is available at https://watch.eventive.org/tellmeanotherstory/play/621be3805f1d76005c3dce5f. Registration instructions to view the film are available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/11IdEXIftPywh2En4ByZrb8t-V_zJ43rkBO_Oq8cBD0s. The film will be available to view until April 30.
Submissions from 2022
South Asian Stories: Elements of Culture and Faith, Tina Athaide, Rashimi S. Bismark, Sana Rafi, and Kaitlyn Wells
Let's Play Banned Book Week Jeopardy and Charades, Kathy Barco
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative (GLLI) 2022 Translated YA Book Prize Winners, Kim Becnel, Catharine Bomhold, Brooke Cruthirds, and Jewel Davis
Diversify Your Collection: The Importance of Diversity in Every Genre, Tegan Beese
If You Have Emotions and Know It Shout Hooray: Presenting Social Emotional Learning in Storytime, Melanie Borski-Howard
Keynote Session: Jen Bryant, Jen Bryant
Engaging Storytimes, Kirsti Call and Carol Gordon Ekster
Exploring the Magnolia Book Awards, Mississippi Children's Choice Award, Bethany Carlisle and Wendy Daughdrill
de Grummond Children's Literature Lecture, Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome
Reaching Young Readers with Exemplary Diverse Literature, Lesley Colabucci and Mary Napoli
Barefoot Dreams: Unearthing Details of an Old Family Story, Alda P. Dobbs
Poverty and Privilege: Intersectionality of Race and Class in Young People's Literature, Christina Dorr
Everything You Wanted to Know About Back Matter, Sophia Gholz, Lisa Katzenberger, Charlotte Offsay, Meera Sriram, and Helen H. Wu
Family Ties: Real Families in Fiction, Alison Green Myers and Alex Villasante
Poetry to Promote Inclusion and Improve Writing, Jo Watson Hackl
Let's Go for a Walk! Taking Stories Outdoors, Dee Hare and Leigh Hood
Ordinary Terrible Things: Children's Literature, Reality, and the Power of Witnessing, Anastasia Higginbotham
The "Natural" Library: Taking Public and School Libraries OUTSIDE!, Soline Holmes and Alicia Schwarzenbach
Discovering African Town: Lessons Learned from the Survivors of the Last Slave Ship, Irene Latham and Charles Waters
From Primary Sources to Published: How to Get Published in Children's Nonfiction, Colleen Paeff, Kirsten W. Larson, Mindy Yuksel, Elisa Boxer, and Anna Crowley Redding
Southern Miss Medallion Session, Brian Selznick
Fostering Empathy Through a Diverse Library, Ana Siqueira, Cynthia Harmony, and Mariana Llanos
Welcome Session, Southern Miss School of Library and Information Science
In Conversation with Nic Stone and Angie Thomas, Nic Stone and Angie Thomas
Closing Session, Raúl the Third
Southern Miss School of Library and Information Science Lecture, Eric L. Tribunella
Coleen Salley Storytelling Session, Donna Washington