Join us for a webcast with noted pediatrician Perri Klass, M.D., author of the New York Times column, "The Checkup." Perri will lead a conversation with prize-winning author Jean Ciborowski Fahey, publisher Jason Low of Lee & Low Books, and Rachel Honore, Family Navigator for Action for Early Learning at People’s Emergency Center. The group will discuss the role of children’s books in language development, the need for greater representation and cultural diversity in children’s literature, and the crucial role of parents and caregivers in early literacy and learning.

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Perri is a Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and the National Medical Director of Reach Out and Read, a national literacy organization that helps doctors and nurses to promote reading and conversation with young children.

Jean Ciborowski Fahey is the recently announced winner of the Early Childhood Book Challenge, a global competition to write a new and engaging children’s book with embedded lessons for adults on how to support early language development.

As a result of the contest led by OpenIDEO, Jean’s story I’ll Build You a Bookcase was chosen by the Selection Committee from more than 500 submissions from across the United States and around the world. Lee & Low Books will publish the story for release in 2020.

Sign up to join us on August 13 at 1pm ET/10am PT. Log-in information will be shared with registered attendees. Viewers will be encouraged to submit questions throughout the webcast.

**ACCESSING THE WEBCAST**

The webcast will be streamed via Zoom. You may connect starting at 12:45 p.m. ET on August 13. The event will begin at 1:00 p.m. ET.

Use this link to access the webcast: https://zoom.us/j/357111999

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US: +1 929 436 2866 or +1 669 900 6833

Webinar ID: 357 111 999

International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aES45qaK2

With any questions, email KRuane@williampennfoundation.org

Spreads from a prototype version of I'll Build You a Bookcase. Illustrations by Jameela Wahlgren.