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Morning Speaker: Meg Davis Roberts
Featured Author: Brendan Kiely

Agenda (subject to change)

Doors open at approximately 8:30 am for breakfast & networking
9:00 am – 10:00 am: Morning speaker
10:10 am – 11:10 am: Book Discussion Groups: 1st session
11:10 am – 11:25 am: Book Sales and Break
11:25 am – 12:25 pm: Book Discussion Groups: 2nd Session
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch and book sales
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Author Presentation
2:30 pm: Closing

Registration deadline was September 24, 2024

Book discussions:

Participants can choose two Book Discussion Groups in order of preference and will be assigned one choice.

Presenter(s)	Library	Group & Level	Topic	Books
Sara Scoggan	Newburgh Public Library	Group 1 Picture Books	Picturing Once Upon a Time – Using Picture Books for Writing	A Book by Mordicai Gerstein The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O’Malley The One-Stop Story Shop by Tracey Corderoy Bad Drawer by Seth Fishman
Carolyn Travers	Valley Cottage Elementary	Group 2 Picture Books/ Elementary	Imagine you were an Author & Illustrator: Make & Take Story Crafts	My Heart is like a Zoo by Micheal Hall Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin How to Bake a Book by Ella Burfoot How to Draw a Happy Cat by Ethan Berlin
Kristian Bucknor	Brinckerhoff Elementary School	Group 3 Picture Books/ Elementary	NYC landmarks in Picture Books	Secret Subway by Shana Corey Sky Boys: How they Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkins & James E. Ransom Saving Lady Liberty: Joseph Pulitzer’s Fight for the Statue of Liberty by Claudia Friddell & Stacy Innerst A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park by Ashley Benham-Yazdini Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty
Meredith Inkeles	Kinry Road Elementary School	Group 4 Elementary	More Hair Love	My Hair is a Garden by Cozbi A. Cabrera My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom My Hair is Magic by M.L. Marroquin Frizzy by Claribel A Ortega
Teresa Vela-Hayes	Albert Wisner Public Library- Warwick	Group 5 Elementary/ Middle	Books for the Baking	Yummy: A History of Dessert by Victoria Grace Elliot Roll With It by Jamie Sumner Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai Pie by Sarah Weeks
Katrina Hohlfeld	Valley Cottage Library	Group 6 Middle	Middle Grade in Verse	Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango The Song of Us by Kate Fussner Rain Rising by Courtne Comrie
Livia Sabourin	Fallsburg Jr/Sr High School	Group 7 Teen	She worked hard for the money: historical fiction featuring employed teens	Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina
Amanda Ingalls	John Jay Senior High School	Group 8 Teen	Villains and their Assistants	Starter Villan by John Scalze Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer Strictly No Heroes by B. L. Radley Nimona by N. D. Stevenson
Karen Golding	Goshen Public Library and Historical Society	Group 9 Teen	Female Teen Detectives, “Not Your Mother’s Nancy Drew”	Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
Risa Pomerselig	Millbrook Library	Group 10 Teen	Queer Joy and Happily Ever After	The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz Mooncakes by Suzanne Wallker The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

Conference Outcomes:

Engage effectively in collaborative discussions.
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions dra wn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key sup-porting details and ideas.
Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Fine print

In order to ensure the most rewarding exchange of ideas, participants are expected to read all of their pre-assigned titles.
Confirmation of group assignments will be e-mailed upon receipt of payment.
Participants can purchase books within the registration site, on-site prices will be higher, and all titles may not be available.
NOTE: You are not registered until you have received an email confirmation. If you have yet to receive an email confirmation by October 1, 2024, public librarians should contact RCLS or MHLS; school librarians and other educators, contact your respective school library system.
Lunch will be provided to all attendees
To pay by purchase order, select “pay by check” and follow the instructions to mail payment to Southeastern NY Library Resources Council.
WE REGRET REFUNDS ARE NOT POSSIBLE

Questions? Call your library system office.