Mini-conference, Diverse Voices in Latinx Children’s Literature

Saturday, March 9, 2019

Tabas Auditorium, Bank Street College

$55.00

For Adults

9:00 – 9:30

Breakfast and Registration

9:30 – 9:45

Opening Remarks:

Loida Garcia-Febo, President, American Library Association

9:45 – 10:30

Fantasy and Illustration in Graphic Novels and Comics

Raúl the Third, Lowriders Blast from the Past

Liniers Macanudo, Buenas Noches Planeta

Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, La Borinqueña

Moderator: Shelley Diaz, School Library Journal

10:30 – 11:20

Elevating Our Heroes Through Picture Books

Duncan Tonatiuh, Danza! Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México

Raul Colón, Miguel’s Brave Knight: Young Cervantes and His Dream of Don Quixote

Eric Velasquez, Schomburg: The Man Who Built the Library

Anika Aldamuy Denise, Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and StoryTeller Pura Belpré

Rudy Gutierrez, Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World

Moderator: Sonia Rodriguez, LaGuardia Community College

11:20– 12:20

Break

Lunch on Your Own

Book Sales

11:45

Author, Book Signing Begins

12:20 – 1:10

Soy yo: Developing Identities & Relationships in Latinx Coming-of-Age Stories

Pablo Cartaya, Marcus Vega Does n’t Speak Spanish

Emma Otheguy, Silver Meadows Summer (tentative)

Angela Dominguez, Stella Diaz Has Something to Say

Hilda Eunice Burgos, Ana Maria Reyes Does Not Live in a Castle

Aida Salazar, The Moon Within

Moderator: Carla España, Hunter College

1:10 - 1:30

Keynote: Duncan Tonatiuh

1:30 - 2:00

Authors Signing