When I go to a conference, there are always sessions that really "stay with me"! I take frantic notes and way too many pictures! And usually, I have a stack of books I want to buy afterward. While attending the #ILA18 Conference in Austin last weekend, one of the sessions that fit the above description was about nonfiction books. Titled "Promoting Improved Literacy Achievement with Nonfiction Books: Presenting Award-Winning Authors Inform, Inspire, and Engage", the session was moderated by Dr. Donna Knoell.
The authors on the panel were Carole Boston Weatherford, Kenneth Davis, and Doreen Rappaport.
The authors spoke about their research process (with a shoutout to librarians!), the topics of their books, and their passion for writing this genre. Every author was completely engaging! Carole Boston Weatherford sang and spoke about her love of poetry, Doreen Rappaport shared how she approached the writing of Lady Liberty, and Kenneth C. Davis talked about the Spanish Flu (the topic of his latest book).
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| Carole Boston Weatherford, Kenneth Davis, Dr. Donna Knoell (moderator), and Doreen Rappaport |
This session could not have come at a better time for me. It turns out I have been reading a lot of nonfiction this summer! And as I read these books, I became interested in so many other topics, pursuing my own research, leading me to even more books! I made connections with trips I had taken, and places I had been. And if you ask me about these topics now, I could tell you so very much!
I want children of all ages to come to this same appreciation of this important genre. This is why I am so grateful we have authors like these in children's and young adult literature.
*Thank you, Macmillan Kids, for the copy of More Deadly Than War!
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| Kenneth Davis signing my copy of his latest book, More Deadly Than War (Macmillan, 2018) |
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| Kenneth Davis's latest book (Young Adult) |
*Thank you, Macmillan Kids, for the copy of More Deadly Than War!
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