KidLitCon

Bringing KidLit bloggers, teachers, librarians, authors & illustrators together since 2006! KidLitCon 2020 will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan March 27th and 28

[PamLovesBooks @Pamlovesbooks]

I’m gutted to hear about Floyd Coopers passing. He gifted us with his presence at @KidLitCon #KLC2017 in Hershey

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@ElloEllenOh @MsYingling @ElleOnWords @Sj_Fennell @RonSmithbooks @TraceyBaptiste @DanPoblocki MG horror is a perennially great panel topic...

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@JoKnowles So very sorry for your loss, Jo! May his memory be a blessing.

[Cybils Awards @CybilsAwards]

The #Cybils2020 Application Phase is now open. If you have a passion for #kidlit #MGlit #YAlit #GraphicNovels #picturebooks #easyreaders #Fantasy #SciFi #Nonfiction let this be your year to judge. Get all the deets & application form here: https://t.co/4EM5UqyK3f

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Young people reading Stamped by @DrIbram and @JasonReynolds83 are angry... that adults have kept this history from them & not trusted them to be able to deal with it, when they deal with the fallout of racism every day. #sljdod

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So true!

[b.andherbooks 🕯🔮🕯 📚 @bandherbooks]

Racism as a virus, can be absorbed unknowingly and can seem asymptomatic, can pass this virus to a child, a brother, your community, your students. #SLJDOD

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Boosting!

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Our roundtable Tough Topics in YA and Middle Grade would have crowdsourced a list of books to help kids deal with life. What are your favorites? @elaandmore @projectlit313 @pamlovesbooks #lifeishard #yalit #mglit #KidLitCon2020

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We hope to reschedule our session Fuse 8 & Kate Live and in Person - but at least we can still listen to the podcasts at home! @fuse_kate @FuseEight #picturebooks #KidLitCon2020

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Our #KidLitCon2020 session The New Inclusivity: Beyond Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer would have talked about characters whose differences don’t define them, with @merriehaskell @LisaRoseWrites @jackcheng @jencamiccia & #KiraDallaire #inclusivebooks #supportIndieBookstores

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@jessnpennington Happy book birthday!!! 📚💐

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These #debutauthors would've been on the Future Famous panel at #KidLitCon2020 : @byalexaster (Emblem Island) @Fangmous (Layla & the Bots; Invent-a-Pet) @HeatherShumaker (Griffins of Castle Cary). Moderator @Erinhahn_author (More Than Maybe). #supportIndieBookstores #2020debuts

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#supportindiebookstores #supportauthors

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Would've-been #KidLitCon2020 panel: Graphic Novels Teach - fact-based and educational graphics and using comics in schools with @gtlabsrat @aquafortis @KamKomics @MattFaulkner1 ; moderator @EdithBlarney of #KidsReadComics

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Let’s talk about this would’ve-been #KidLitCon2020 session on #muslimkidsbooks - celebrate what's good and look at how far we still need to go, with @jasminewarga, @SimanNuurali, #TahiraBryantNaeem, and @GirlsCrescent. Moderator #SainaSajjadi. #SupportIndieBookstores

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A would've-been-great #KidLitCon2020 panel - What is Kid Appeal? w/ Athena Johnson of Black Stone Bookstore, Natalie d’Aubermont Thompson of Living by the Page, school media specialist Jonathan Richards, & @elaandmore of @projectlit313 ; moderator @pubspotlight

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#KidLitCon2020 is canceled, but we want to support our folks! How do you know when you're ready to pitch your book? What are agents & publishers looking for? With @FineAngeline, @HeatherShumaker, @JayWhistler & @DaraIrene Moderated by @authorErinBrown #aspiringauthors

[katemessner @KateMessner]

Schools & families- If you're making learning-from-home plans, here's a growing library of resources from authors & illustrators to help out!

https://t.co/7GTTZYdDqA

Just updated with new videos from @pacylin, @NCastaldoAuthor, @meganbfrazer, @CaroleLindstrom, & @lisa_schroeder

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thanks so much to Katy Kramp @alibrarymama and Nakenya Yarbrough and everyone who was involved in planning the program and who agreed to come, and thanks to the Ann Arbor District Library @aadl for their support! It was the right decision to cancel, but a sad one.