The Young Readers Center and the Center for
the Book of the Library of Congress convenes a symposium to explore the
contribution of diverse cultural experiences to literature for children and
youth. This exchange comes at a critical time in our national conversation
about America and its immigrants. Award-winning author and Cuban American, Meg
Medina, will moderate the discussion with author/educator René Colato Laínez
who came to America at age 14 from El Salvador; author Aisha Saeed whose
parents emigrated from Pakistan; Wendy Shang, author and former attorney, whose
family is from China; and Illustrator Elizabeth Zunon who was born in Albany,
N.Y. and spent her childhood in her family homeland in the Ivory Coast of West
Africa.
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Program Time: 1:00 to 2:00 PM
Book Signing: 2:00 PM—3:00 PM
Location: Mumford Room, Room 649,
Madison Building
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington, D.C.
This program, open to the
public, requires reservation.
Please contact YRC@LOC.GOV with
your name, title, and organizational/institutional affiliation to RSVP.
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