ERT Program
ALA Unit/Subunit: Exhibits RT
Meeting Type: Program
Cost: Included with full conference registration.
Open/Closed: Open
Anne Sibley O’Brien, author of I’m New Here and the co-founder of the “I’m Your Neighbor Books” project, which promotes the use of children’s literature featuring new arrival cultures, leads a discussion about how to create welcoming spaces for new arrival students in the classroom and library, thereby enriching the entire community. Panelists include retired Jefferson Parish school librarian and current library consultant Terry Young, author Uma Krishnaswami, author Bao Phi, and illustraor Thi Bui, Caldecott Honor recipient for A DIFFERENT POND. These panelists are dedicated contributors to children's literature who can speak to serving immigrant students. Through children’s literature, students and families of all backgrounds can create welcoming spaces and fascinating learning experiences.
This panel discussion will unpack the immigrant experience in the classroom and library by examining language and culture as both barrier and opportunity, and ways teachers, librarians, and fellow students can help new arrivals not only fit in, but thrive and become teachers themselves.
Anne Sibley O'Brien
Author
Charlesbridge
Terry Young, Jr.
Retired school librarian ; Library consultant
Consult, Evaluate, Achieve! LLC
Uma Krishnaswami
Author
Lee & Low
Thi Bui
Illustrator
Capstone Publishing
Bao Phi
Author
Capstone Publishing