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Bank Street Writers Lab Mini-Conference in NYC, Sat., 4/13, 9AM to Noon

From: Jennifer Brown <brown_at_shelf-awareness.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:50:23 -0400

Please join us on Saturday, April 13 at 9AM for the inaugural Bank Street Writers Lab Mini-Conference

Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th Street (between Broadway and Riverside, near the 1 Train 110th Street stop) New York, NY 10025

Opening Keynote: Dr. Perri Klass, founder of Reach Out and Read, author and pediatrician Closing Keynote: Two-time Caldecott Honor artist Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Green; First the Egg)

To register, go to our Web site:

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 8:30 am - Arrive, register, get coffee

9:00-9:30 am - Dr. Perri Klass (Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor) - Opening keynote

9:30-10:15 am - "Creating Books for Early Childhood"

Susan Stires, Bank Street Graduate Faculty, Moderator

Amy Hest (Charley's First Night)

Robie Harris (Who Has What?)

Jean Marzollo (I Spy School)

Nina Crews (The Neighborhood Mother Goose)

10:15-10:45 am - "Jazz Mosaic: Ideas to Help You Bring Music into Your Classroom Every Day," led by Susan Milligan and Louise Rogers

10:45-11:15 am - Laura Vaccaro Seeger (First the Egg; Green) - Closing Keynote

11:15 am-12:00 pm - Autographing

Jennifer M. Brown Children's Editor Shelf Awareness 212.724.0249 brown_at_shelf-awareness.com

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