Educator Event: Accuracy and Illustration in Children's Nonfiction

Children's Literary Salons: Blurred Lines - Accuracy and Illustration in Nonfiction

Saturday March 7, 2015 2-3pm: South Court Auditorium 

What is the responsibility of an illustrator when working on a piece of historical nonfiction for kids?  Do words garner closer scrutiny and, if so, why?  Join a distinguished panel of Mara Rockliff (author), Brian Floca (winner of the Caldecott Medal 2014 for Locomotive), Nicole Raymond (editor), and Sophie Blackall (illustrator/author) as they tackle these and other thorny questions.

*NYC educators who attend this session will be eligible for 1 hour of PD credit if registered in advance (please register through the link below)

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...and don't miss out on our 90 Second Newbery Festival starting right afterwards at 3pm......

90-Second Newbery Festival - your favorite Newbery winners in 90 seconds (or less)! 

Saturday March 7, 2015 3-5pm: Celeste Bartos Forum 

The 90-Second Newbery returns for its fourth year! This is an annual video contest in which young filmmakers create movies that creatively compress the stories of Newbery Award-winning books into 90 seconds or less.

The NYC screening of the 90-Second Newbery films will be at the New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on Saturday, March 7, 2015 and will be hosted by film festival founder and children's author James Kennedy (The Order of Odd-Fish) with a special co-host: children's author Ame Dyckman (Boy + Bot). Don't miss out on your chance to see these quick, funny versions of your favorite classics!

Tickets are free! However, this event has been crowded in the past, so please reserve your seat to ensure admittance.