Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Free Webinar: How to Use Picture Books with Tweens & Teens -- Register today!

Are you pigeonholing your picture books, limiting them to just primary grades? Join librarians and literacy luminaries Betsy Bird, Cicely Lewis, and Susannah Richards for a webinar about the benefits of and strategies for using picture books with older students—including middle grade and high schoolers! Moderated by Carol Hinz, Associate Publisher, Millbrook Press & Carolrhoda Picture Books, this panel discussion is sure to deliver solid ideas for educators and parents alike!

This powerhouse panel will cover:
1. Benefits of reading picture books—specifically for middle grade and high school readers
2. Advice for overcoming challenges and resistance—from tweens, teens, and skeptical adults
3. Tips for locating great picture books that “age up”
4. Tried-and-true strategies for book talking picture books to older students
5. Ideas for using picture books in MS/HS libraries, classrooms, and lessons

Register today and submit the questions you’d like the panel to cover, as well as your suggestions for picture books to use with tweens and teens. The presenters will compile a recommended booklist to share with all registrants following the webinar.

Mar 23, 2021 01:00 PM CST / 11:00 AM PST


REGISTER HERE